Representative
Member of the Folketing
The Liberal Party
Folketinget
DK - 1240 - Copenhagen
Denmark
Working language: English
15/12/2021 - Monitoring Committee reviews progress of Council of Europe States under monitoring in 2021 25/01/2021 - Session PACE reviews progress of Council of Europe states under monitoring in 2020 11/12/2020 - Monitoring Committee reviews progress of States under monitoring in 2020 06/10/2020 - Monitoring Armenia and Azerbaijan: Monitoring Committee calls for an immediate ceasefire without preconditions 15/09/2017 - Political Affairs and Democracy PACE gives its backing to global call for #StrongerDemocracies
28/01/2022 | 12:19:56 Thank you so much, Chair. And, on behalf of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe (ALDE) I would like to touch upon the issue regarding Russia's decision to close down the oldest NGO in that country: Memorial. We, from the ALDE group are very very worried about the decrease in democracy and also making it more and more difficult for NGOs to work in Russia. Memorial were a completely independent NGO that focused a lot on the shortcomings that there are in Russia, and especially the... 28/01/2022 | 11:32:46 It worked! That was actually good advice to refresh the browser. So thank you for that, Chair, and thank you so much for all the comments that have been raised by our colleagues. Let me just touch upon a few of them because of my speaking time. First of all, I would just touch upon what our Russian colleagues said. First of all, I don't see that the country monitoring should be removed and put in place by a so-called thematic review instead. Because, this is not to put a shameful eye on a... 28/01/2022 | 10:06:40 Thank you so much, Chair. Also, congratulations on your new election on Monday as our new President of this Assembly. As you know, this is actually the highlight, so to speak, of my two-year term as Chairman of the Monitoring Committee. A post I actually put on almost two years before Covid-19 hit us all. Therefore, the two-year term has, of course, been somewhat special, and also of course, made our of work of monitoring the different countries somewhat difficult. But even though, I actually... 24/06/2021 | 17:44:17 Thank you so much, Chairperson. First of all, allow me to use this opportunity to congratulate our colleague Mr Konstantin KUHLE on a very very excellent report but also a very timely report because one of the cornerstones of being in a European democracy with this organisation advocates for is transparency. Also to make sure that when we have a democratic election, it is a true outcome that it has been as democratic as possible. When you have foreign actors trying to interfere in both... 22/04/2021 | 12:45:25 Thank you Madam Chair. I would absolutely just like to say a couple of words after a long week and a lot of good, fruitful discussion. First of all, on behalf of the Committee, we would like to congratulate both Mr Thomas HAMMARBERG and Mr John HOWELL for their most excellent work. It is an extremely challenging report. It is basically in light of that this is actually the third urgent debate in three years. That actually highlights in my opinion that there are troubling developments in...
10/01/2022 | Doc. 15433 | Report Progress of the Assembly's monitoring procedure (January-December 2021) 11/01/2021 | Doc. 15211 | Report Progress of the Assembly’s monitoring procedure (January-December 2020) 05/09/2014 | Doc. 13588 | Report The functioning of democratic institutions in Georgia 28/03/2011 | Doc. 12554 | Report The honouring of obligations and commitments by Georgia
05/05/2025 | Doc. 16165 | Motion for a resolution Upholding our diverse culture, freedom of expression and information by effective enforcement of copyright 01/07/2022 | Doc. 15520 | Written declaration Follow-up to the expulsion of the Russian Federation from the Council of Europe: staff issues 27/06/2022 | Doc. 15579 | Written declaration The LGBTI-phobic hate speech of Patriarch Kirill must be condemned 23/06/2022 | Doc. 15567 | Motion for a resolution Closer contact and co-operation with Taiwan 28/01/2020 | Doc. 15042 | Written declaration Chinese police forces in Europe
29/01/2025 | Doc. 16104, vote on the draft text for resolution Challenge, on substantive grounds, of the still unratified credentials of the parliamentary delegation of Georgia 28/01/2025 | Doc. 16093, vote on the draft text for resolution The absolute and urgent need to end the humanitarian crisis for women, children and the hostages in Gaza 01/10/2024 | Doc. 16035, vote on the draft text for resolution The situation in Iran and the protection of Iranian human rights defenders in Council of Europe member States 30/09/2024 | Doc. 16042, vote on the draft text for resolution The Council of Europe Development Bank: implementing the Reykjavik Declaration 30/09/2024 | Doc. 16042, vote on the draft text for recommendation The Council of Europe Development Bank: implementing the Reykjavik Declaration