Representative
Senator
Open VLD
Sénat
BE - 1009 - Brussels
Belgium
Working language: English
15/09/2020 - President PACE October part-session replaced by Standing Committee meeting 15/09/2020 - Standing Committee How far do parliaments really reflect the votes cast? A plea for ‘minimum standards’ of fairness in electoral systems 14/09/2020 - President PACE President on Democracy Day: ‘We must reach out to citizens and restore trust in democracy’ 08/09/2020 - President Belarus: a solution will only come from the Belarusian people, says PACE President 08/09/2020 - Political Affairs and Democracy Svetlana Tikhanovskaya: 'My country, my nation, my people now need help'
29/01/2020 | 15:35:45 Madam Secretary General, Welcome to the Assembly for your first annual communication. Since your election in June last year, the Assembly has had excellent relations with you, and we are grateful for your support for the work on the complementary joint procedure with the Committee of Ministers. As I said in my inaugural speech, we have moved from dialogue to trialogue. Today, we have the opportunity to strengthen this new model of co-operation between the Parliamentary Assembly, the Committee... 29/01/2020 | 12:01:57 Mr President, welcome to the Council of Europe and to our Parliamentary Assembly. This chamber is not unknown to you, as you are one of our former colleagues so basically it's a little bit welcome back home. But importantly it's an honour to see you today as the President of the Republic of Moldova, one of our member states, which will be celebrating its 25th anniversary on the Council of Europe. During these 25 years we have developed excellent cooperation. Council of Europe institutions and... 28/01/2020 | 12:00:13 Madam President. It is an immense honour to be able to have you with us here in this Hemicycle today in our beautiful home which houses members of parliament from 47 different countries, united by shared values such as democracy, human rights and the rule of law. Madam President, your country, Georgia, chose a bit more than 20 years ago to become part of this family of values on 27 April 1999, a major step in the constitution of democratic institutions in your country with new importance... 27/01/2020 | 12:29:58 Is that a regular vote that we need, a normal majority? We have a request from Mr Piotr TOLSTOY, although it will be practically very difficult, to move the current credentials debate from Thursday to Wednesday. We'll put it to the vote. If it carries a majority, then we will probably need to move some other reports. As I am informed, it will probably mean that the reported cases of political prisoners in Azerbaijan will move to Thursday or even later. We will now proceed to vote on the... 27/01/2020 | 12:24:02 Thank you. I inform you that the Bureau of the Assembly is against. We shall now vote on the request. The vote is open. Okay. The vote is almost closed. I mean, it's going up and down here. It's very strange. Okay, the vote is closed. The request for an urgent procedure has failed to achieve the required two-thirds majority. Then we go to the current debates. No, we have others. What is this? I'm fairly new dear Colleagues so abide me a little bit to get acquainted with this. Okay, now we...
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
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
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