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Mr Frank SCHWABE (Germany, SOC)

Mandates

In the political groups

  • Chairperson: Socialists, Democrats and Greens Group since 25/06/2018
  • Vice-Chairperson: Socialists, Democrats and Greens Group from 01/08/2017 to 24/06/2018
  • Vice-Chairperson: Socialist Group from 07/04/2014 to 31/07/2017
  • Member: Socialist Group from 25/11/2011 to 06/04/2014

In the Assembly

  • since 27/01/2014 Representative - Germany
  • from 25/11/2011 to 27/01/2014 Substitute - Germany

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

  • Ex officio (Rule 19.6 of the Rules of Procedure - Chairpersons of Political Groups): Committee on Rules, Ethics and Immunities (since 12/04/2025)
  • Alternate SOC: Committee on the Election of Judges to the European Court of Human Rights (since 24/01/2022)
  • Chairperson of national delegation: Standing Committee (since 24/01/2022)
  • Full Member SOC: Committee on the Election of Judges to the European Court of Human Rights (from 27/09/2021 to 23/01/2022)
  • Chairperson of Political Group: Standing Committee (since 25/06/2018)
  • Chairperson of Political Group: Bureau of the Assembly (since 25/06/2018)
  • Chairperson of Political Group: Presidential Committee (since 25/06/2018)
  • Ex officio (Rule 19.6 of the Rules of Procedure - Chairpersons of Political Groups): Committee on Political Affairs and Democracy (since 25/06/2018)
  • Ex officio (Rule 19.6 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) (since 25/06/2018)
  • Ex officio (Rule 19.6 of the Rules of Procedure - Chairpersons of Political Groups): (Former) Committee on Rules of Procedure, Immunities and Institutional Affairs (from 25/06/2018 to 11/04/2025)
  • Ex officio (Rule 19.6 of the Rules of Procedure - Chairpersons of Political Groups): Committee on Legal Affairs and Human Rights (since 25/06/2018)
  • Member: (Former) Committee on Rules of Procedure, Immunities and Institutional Affairs (from 22/01/2018 to 28/06/2018)
  • Chairperson: Committee on Legal Affairs and Human Rights (from 22/01/2018 to 24/06/2018)
  • Ex officio (Rule 44.1 of the Rules of Procedure): Committee on the Election of Judges to the European Court of Human Rights (from 22/01/2018 to 24/06/2018)
  • Chairperson of the Committee on Legal Affairs and Human Rights: Bureau of the Assembly (from 22/01/2018 to 24/06/2018)
  • Chairperson of the Committee on Legal Affairs and Human Rights: Standing Committee (from 22/01/2018 to 24/06/2018)
  • Ex officio (Rule 44.1 of the Rules of Procedure): Committee on the Honouring of Obligations and Commitments by Member States of the Council of Europe (Monitoring Committee) (from 22/01/2018 to 24/06/2018)
  • Second Vice-Chairperson: Committee on Legal Affairs and Human Rights (from 28/01/2016 to 21/01/2018)
  • Member: Committee on the Honouring of Obligations and Commitments by Member States of the Council of Europe (Monitoring Committee) (from 23/06/2014 to 20/01/2019)
  • Full Member: Committee on Legal Affairs and Human Rights (from 28/01/2014 to 05/03/2020)
  • Full Member: Committee on Migration, Refugees and Displaced Persons (from 23/01/2012 to 26/01/2014)
  • Member: (Former) Committee on Migration, Refugees and Population (from 25/11/2011 to 23/01/2012)
  • Chairperson of Political Group: Sub-Committee on Conflicts concerning Council of Europe Member States (from 25/06/2018 to 26/01/2024)
  • Ex officio: Sub-Committee on Human Rights (from 22/01/2018 to 24/06/2018)
  • Ex officio: Sub-Committee on Crime Problems and the Fight against Terrorism (from 22/01/2018 to 24/06/2018)
  • Ex officio: Sub-Committee on the implementation of judgments of the European Court of Human Rights (from 22/01/2018 to 24/06/2018)
  • Chairperson of the Committee on Legal Affairs and Human Rights: Sub-Committee on Conflicts concerning Council of Europe Member States (from 22/01/2018 to 24/06/2018)
  • Full Member: Sub-Committee on the implementation of judgments of the European Court of Human Rights (from 28/09/2015 to 24/01/2018)
  • Full Member: Sub-Committee on Integration (from 22/01/2013 to 26/01/2014)
  • Full Member: Sub-Committee on Integration (from 30/03/2012 to 20/01/2013)
  • Alternate of Ms Daniela WAGNER (Full Member): Committee on Equality and Non-Discrimination (from 22/01/2018 to 15/03/2018)
  • Alternate of Mr Axel SCHÄFER (Full Member): Committee on Culture, Science, Education and Media (from 23/01/2012 to 09/03/2012)
  • Alternate of Mr Axel SCHÄFER (Member): (Former) Committee on Culture, Science and Education (from 25/01/2010 to 23/01/2012)
  • Alternate of Mr Harald PETZOLD (Full Member): Sub-Committee on Human Rights (from 13/11/2017 to 21/01/2018)

Interventions

Last speeches

10/04/2025 | 11:07:48 Thank you very much, Mister President. Thank you very much to the co-rapporteurs Ms Sabina ĆUDIĆ and Ms Edite ESTRELA. May I say a special thanks to Edite, if you allow me, because I really welcome very much and respect very much this kind of work and patience you had with this country. I know that you do your very best to do everything to bring Georgia to a way of democracy, rule of law and human rights. And it's really a pity to see that the current authorities went away from this way, they... 09/04/2025 | 16:23:58 Dear Mister President and dear colleagues, The situation of democracy, human rights and the rule of law in Türkiye has been deteriorating for many years. We have numerous judgments, verdicts of the court, and Türkiye did not and does not implement them, in the case of KAVALA and DEMIRTAS and a lot of others. There was some hope in the last months, I would say, and we try to recognise this hope. Our rapporteurs could visit Mr KAVALA, Mr DEMIRTAS as well. There is this kind of reconciliation... 09/04/2025 | 11:25:07 Thank you very much, Mister President. Thank you very much, dear colleagues. Thank you very much for this exchange of views and for, I understand, the unanimous support of this report. Thank you very much, especially to our colleague. Gracias to Mexico. I think we can really co-operate and learn from each other how to prevent corruption. I cannot refer to all of you. It's not possible in three minutes time, but I want to refer maybe to those who spoke in the name of the groups. Thank you to... 09/04/2025 | 10:12:54 Thank you very much, Mister President. Dear colleagues, Good morning. Maybe sometimes some people think I have a kind of fever or mania about certain people in certain countries, but I don't. It would be much better not to have to discuss such topics, but we have to discuss them. We need this anti-corruption report. Why? Because corruption is destroying all our values: democracy, rule of law and human rights. We could write a book about it. But this is how it is. We have to deal with it. We... 29/01/2025 | 16:50:17 Dear Mister President, dear Petra, dear Zanda, Thank you very much for your work. Especially, I really want to thank Zanda for this excellent work, which makes it possible for us to show great unity in this Parliamentary Assembly today. Dear acting authorities in Georgia, The Council of Europe is the oldest multilateral organisation in Europe. The Council of Europe has one main task. The main task is to support countries on the way to more democracy, to more human rights and to more rule of...

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