Representative
Senator
Open VLD
Sénat
BE - 1009 - Brussels
Belgium
Working language: English
05/05/2021 - President Europe Day: a moment to reaffirm the values Europe needs for challenging times 04/05/2021 - President PACE President: Assembly members will not be restricted in the exercise of their mandate 19/04/2021 - Session 'PACE must be part of the solution', President underlines 01/04/2021 - President PACE President, ending visit to Turkey, emphasises need to work together to make progress ('ilerleme') 26/03/2021 - President President to make working visit to Ankara
21/04/2021 | 10:05:16 Dear colleagues, Please take your places. We're going to start. I hope that some other of our colleagues of the ALDE Group are going to come in here. Okay, we'll have to start. Good morning, dear colleagues. Please take your seats. Welcome, my good colleague and friend President of the European Parliament David SASSOLI. We are very glad to have you on board. Members are trickling in because as you know they had the group meetings. So I'm like ringing my bell to get them in. Anyway, they are... 20/04/2021 | 15:02:25 Well, we do not really have any more time so I do apologise, Madam Secretary General, that we have to finish up because we have our other debate which is going to start. Maybe in the future we might seek to have a little bit more time in our agendas, both yours and ourselves, in order to address some more questions. I am very sad and sorry, but okay, we've got Ángel Gurría who is waiting. So I'm in the middle of Secretary Generals here. Yourself, mine - well not mine - the one of the assembly... 20/04/2021 | 14:28:08 Amendment 11 has been accepted by the Committee with a large majority. I shall now put it to the vote. The vote is open. The vote is closed. Result please. 108 in favour, 11 against, 13 abstentions. The amendment is carried. We will now proceed to the vote on the draft resolution contained in Document 15252 as we amended it by amendments and including the oral amendment. We require a simple majority in this case. Members present in the Chamber use the system here, for remotely use the system... 20/04/2021 | 14:08:55 Thank you. I understand the Committee rejected the amendment Mr Chair? I shall now put the amendment to the vote. Members present in the Chamber should use the hemicycle voting system, so those of you here please use the system using your card. Members participating remotely should vote using the remote voting system. The vote in the hemicycle and via remote voting is now open. Are we okay with that? The vote is open. The vote is closed. Results please. 34 in favour, 53 against, 11... 20/04/2021 | 14:03:31 Dear colleagues, If I may ask you to be seated, so we can start our work. I still see some short private discussions to my left. So that's done. We still have a big discussion between the lady in light blue and the gentleman with the blue tie. Don't worry, don't worry, I'm not gonna throw anything at you. No problem. Okay, the sitting is open. The next item on the agenda is the continuation of the debate on the report titled "The Assembly's vision on the strategic priorities of the Council...
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