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Mr Rik DAEMS

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Representative
Senator
Open VLD

Sénat
BE - 1009 - Brussels
Belgium

rik.daems@coe.int

Working language: English

Declarations of interests:
2020 , 2019 , 2018

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Latest news

21/12/2020 - President An end-of-year message from Rik Daems: stay healthy, stay safe, and let’s work together to tackle the challenges of ‘21 09/12/2020 - President Two priorities for Human Rights Day: a healthy democracy and a healthy environment 01/12/2020 - President PACE President to take part in the North-South Prize of the Council of Europe Award Ceremony in Lisbon 26/11/2020 - President PACE President and Speaker of the Moroccan House of Representatives satisfied with relations between the two bodies 25/11/2020 - President A practical step parliaments can take to help stamp out violence against women

Mandates

In the political groups

  • Member: Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe since 27/01/2020
  • Chairperson: Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe from 09/10/2017 to 26/01/2020
  • Vice-Chairperson: Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe from 25/01/2015 to 09/10/2017
  • Member: Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe from 18/11/2014 to 24/01/2015

In the Assembly

  • since 30/09/2019 Representative-Belgium
  • from 18/11/2014 to 29/09/2019 Substitute-Belgium
  • from 23/11/2007 to 12/11/2010 Representative-Belgium

In the committee(s) and sub-committee(s)

  • President of the Assembly: Presidential Committee (since 27/01/2020)
  • President of the Assembly: Bureau of the Assembly (since 27/01/2020)
  • President of the Assembly: Standing Committee (since 27/01/2020)
  • Vice-President of the Assembly: Bureau of the Assembly (from 21/01/2019 to 26/01/2020)
  • Vice-President of the Assembly: Standing Committee (from 21/01/2019 to 26/01/2020)
  • Ex officio (Rule 19.5 of the Rules of Procedure - Chairpersons of Political Groups): Committee on Rules of Procedure, Immunities and Institutional Affairs (from 09/10/2017 to 26/01/2020)
  • Ex officio (Rule 19.5 of the Rules of Procedure - Chairpersons of Political Groups): Committee on Political Affairs and Democracy (from 09/10/2017 to 26/01/2020)
  • Chairperson of Political Group: Presidential Committee (from 09/10/2017 to 26/01/2020)
  • Chairperson of Political Group: Bureau of the Assembly (from 09/10/2017 to 26/01/2020)
  • Chairperson of Political Group: Standing Committee (from 09/10/2017 to 26/01/2020)
  • Ex officio (Rule 19.5 of the Rules of Procedure - Chairpersons of Political Groups): Committee on Legal Affairs and Human Rights (from 09/10/2017 to 26/01/2020)
  • Ex officio (Rule 19.5 of the Rules of Procedure - Chairpersons of Political Groups): Committee on the Honouring of Obligations and Commitments by Member States of the Council of Europe (Monitoring Committee) (from 09/10/2017 to 26/01/2020)
  • Member: Committee on Rules of Procedure, Immunities and Institutional Affairs (from 27/01/2017 to 09/10/2017)
  • Second Vice-Chairperson: Committee on Political Affairs and Democracy (from 23/01/2017 to 16/10/2017)
  • Full Member: Committee on Political Affairs and Democracy (from 18/11/2014 to 29/09/2019)
  • Chairperson of national delegation: Standing Committee (since 18/11/2014)
  • Ex officio (Rule 14.3 of the Rules of Procedure): Bureau of the Assembly (from 18/11/2014 to 09/11/2015)
  • Full Member: Sub-Committee on External Relations (from 24/01/2019 to 27/01/2020)
  • Chairperson of Political Group: Sub-Committee on Conflicts between Council of Europe Member States (from 09/10/2017 to 26/01/2020)
  • Full Member: Sub-Committee on relations with the OECD and the EBRD (from 08/12/2014 to 22/01/2019)
  • Alternate of Ms Kristien Van VAERENBERGH (Full Member): Committee on Political Affairs and Democracy (from 30/09/2019 to 27/01/2020)

Interventions

Last speeches

20/11/2020 | 17:49:21 I reckon that this is a two-thirds majority, if it is so then the recommendation is adopted. The draft recommendation contained in Doc. 15167 is adopted. Congratulations to the reporter on the committee. The recommendation will be forwarded, as it supposed to be, to the Committee of Ministers. Dear colleagues, we now have on our agenda four more reports from the Social Affairs, Health and Sustainable Development Committee, and two from the Migration, Refugees and Displaced Persons Committee... 20/11/2020 | 17:34:32 Thank you. The chairman of the Committee on Culture, Science, Education and Media has already spoken at the beginning. As we all have seen, he is now, unfortunately for us, in a meeting. He has formally forwarded three oral amendments, I will come to that when we deal with the relevant paragraphs. The debate is closed and we will now head into the votes. We are in the votes on the amendments to the draft resolution. The document that you have in your files is document 15167. The Committee on... 20/11/2020 | 15:30:09 Thank you, Madam Chair, the debate is closed. We have to close the microphones. The bill is closed, we shall now proceed to the vote. I would like to remind our colleagues around the virtual table that only members of the standing committee are entitled to vote. We are in the amendment to the draft resolution document 15178. The Committee on Rules of Procedure, Immunities and Institutional Affairs presented a draft resolution with one amendment and only one has been tabled. You have this in... 20/11/2020 | 15:23:44 Thank you, Sir Roger GALE. It's always nice to see that the Council of Europe allows people to agree, even you and Mr Sergey KISLYAK, lovely. Maybe there are a few remarks on the sunset clause. It is indeed in there because the Bureau of the Assembly has to decide in every instance which mode of convening will be used. So, it is basically a continuous sunset clause in there for the simple reason, again, that the Bureau of the Assembly has to decide at any instance. The outbreak of COVID-19 in... 20/11/2020 | 12:31:58 Thank you, Ahmet. I do not have any other speakers on my list. Maybe I can make one comment because in our next point we have a draft Declaration on the Parliamentary Contribution. I was present in Athens during the debate. The way I interpret what happened is that a country or a number of countries basically had the idea that by approving the Athens Declaration that they would be perceived or in reality would also approve a number of conventions that they had not yet approved or would not...

Activities

Reports and committee opinions

08/01/2020 | Doc. 15027 | Report Setting minimum standards for electoral systems in order to offer the basis for free and fair elections 11/02/2019 | Doc. 14827 | Report Promoting democracy by developing market economy: does the EBRD model work? 04/06/2010 | Doc. 12278 | Report Extra-institutional actors in the democratic system 11/01/2010 | Doc. 12107 | Report Thresholds and other features of electoral systems which have an impact on representativity of parliaments in Council of Europe member states

Motions, Written Declarations, Questions

15/10/2019 | Doc. 14918 | Written declaration Investigating and preventing corruption at the Council of Europe 04/10/2019 | Doc. 14992 | Motion for a resolution The Parliamentary Assembly must contribute to restoring peace in Ukraine 04/07/2019 | Doc. 14944 | Motion for a resolution Acting for the health of all through healthy and sustainable food and agriculture 27/06/2019 | Doc. 14929 | Motion for a resolution Ensuring accountability for the downing of flight MH 17 24/06/2019 | Doc. 14918 | Written declaration Investigating and preventing corruption at the Council of Europe

Votes on adopted texts

03/10/2019 | Doc. 14971, vote on the draft text for resolution Saving lives in the Mediterranean Sea: the need for an urgent response 27/06/2019 | Doc. 14902, vote on the draft text for resolution Shedding light on the murder of Boris Nemtsov 26/06/2019 | Doc. 14922, vote on the draft text for resolution Challenge, on substantive grounds, of the still unratified credentials of the parliamentary delegation of the Russian Federation 25/06/2019 | Doc. 14908, vote on the draft text for resolution The Istanbul Convention on violence against women: achievements and challenges 25/06/2019 | Doc. 14907, vote on the draft text for resolution Towards an ambitious Council of Europe agenda for gender equality