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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)

  • 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): Committee on Rules of Procedure, Immunities and Institutional Affairs (since 25/06/2018)
  • 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: 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

02/10/2024 | 16:06:58 Dear Mister President, (Not only the Socialists but Socialists, Democrats and Greens Group as well! I have to say it! It's important because at the end they will leave ...!) So, I don't understand really this politicisation of this question; this is a very normal procedure. It's maybe the first time and new for us, but it is a very common procedure and you know it, each and every one [of us] should know it from their national parliaments so there is no reason why in this case the group of the... 01/10/2024 | 18:28:09 Dear Mister President, dear colleagues, We have to know that we are not discussing about the conflict between two countries. This is what the government, so-called government of Azerbaijan, wants to say. No, this is not about it. And it's not about criticising the people of Azerbaijan. They are very brave and honest people. It's about a government who has no legitimisation to be a government, because all the elections, whatever we saw, are falsified elections. This is the truth, and this is... 27/06/2024 | 10:19:24 Dear Mister President, dear colleagues, thank you very much. Georgia has been a member of this organisation since 1999, and although it was not always very easy and we had to discuss a lot of things, it was clear that Georgia was going direct way to Europe and in a way to respect our values. And I don't know why Georgia is leaving this way now. This Council of Europe, this Parliamentary Assembly, is the guardian of the values, and because of this we send a clear signal today to Georgia. And I... 24/06/2024 | 12:06:14 Thank you very much. Thank you very much, Mister President. Mister President, thank you very much for this anthem. Maybe we should start all the sessions with such an anthem because it reminds us who we are, where we are and what we stand for, because there are around 700 million people, and some of them do not even know what the Council of Europe is! But they trust in us, they trust in us, in our values and our roots. And the others who are waiting for us to go back to their countries or we... 18/04/2024 | 17:14:37 Mister President, thank you very much. In these hours, the Middle East is on the brink. On the precipice of a regional war that would have massive repercussions for the whole world, now that the Russian war of aggression against Ukraine is keeping us on tenterhooks. The country that is taking brutal action against its own population and threatening the entire region, not just Israel, Iran is also, not coincidentally, the country that supplies Russia with the weapons to terrorise the people of...

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