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Mr Frank SCHWABE (Germany, SOC)

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Representative
Deputy
SPD

Deutscher Bundestag
DE - 11011 - Berlin
Germany

Working language: English

Declarations of interests:
2026 , 2025 , 2024 , 2023 , 2022

Declarations of interest regarding election observations (if applicable)

Latest news

23/04/2026 - Session Current affairs debate: call to step up efforts for the establishment of the Special Tribunal for the Crime of Aggression against Ukraine 23/06/2025 - Session PACE reviews the work of its subsidiary bodies since the last session 09/04/2025 - Session PACE calls for action to develop ‘an ethical culture’ at the Council of Europe, strengthens its own anti-corruption rules 22/01/2024 - Session Azerbaijan’s delegation challenged at opening of PACE session 19/06/2023 - Session Türkiye elections offered genuine political alternatives, but were marked by unlevel playing field and irregularities

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): Special Committee on the New Democratic Pact (since 26/01/2026)
  • Ex officio (Rule 19.6 of the Rules of Procedure - Chairpersons of Political Groups): Committee on Migration, International Protection and Economic Co-operation (since 09/12/2025)
  • Ex officio (Rule 19.6 of the Rules of Procedure - Chairpersons of Political Groups): Committee on Social Affairs, Health and Sustainable Development (since 21/11/2025)
  • Ex officio (Rule 19.6 of the Rules of Procedure - Chairpersons of Political Groups): (Former) Committee on Migration, Refugees and Displaced Persons (from 21/11/2025 to 08/12/2025)
  • Ex officio (Rule 19.6 of the Rules of Procedure - Chairpersons of Political Groups): Committee on Culture, Science, Education and Media (since 21/11/2025)
  • Ex officio (Rule 19.6 of the Rules of Procedure - Chairpersons of Political Groups): Committee on Equality and Non-Discrimination (since 21/11/2025)
  • 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 (from 24/01/2022 to 22/06/2025)
  • 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: (Former) 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 Ellen DEMUTH (Full Member): Committee on Migration, International Protection and Economic Co-operation (from 09/12/2025 to 27/09/2026)
  • Alternate of Mr Pierre LAMELY (Full Member): (Former) Committee on Migration, Refugees and Displaced Persons (from 23/06/2025 to 26/06/2025)
  • Alternate of Ms Ellen DEMUTH (Full Member): (Former) Committee on Migration, Refugees and Displaced Persons (from 26/06/2025 to 08/12/2025)
  • 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 Ms Hülya DÜBER (Full Member): Sub-Committee on Diasporas and Integration (from 26/06/2025 to 28/01/2026)
  • Alternate of Mr Harald PETZOLD (Full Member): Sub-Committee on Human Rights (from 13/11/2017 to 21/01/2018)

Interventions

Last speeches

01/10/2026 | 11:08:46 Socialists, Greens, Democrats and many others. Mr President, Mr Paweł JABŁOŃSKI, I’ve heard there are brown bears in Poland. What do you actually do if you come across one? Do you say there aren’t any brown bears at all? Or that there shouldn’t be any brown bears in this forest? Or do you simply close your eyes? I think that would ultimately – I have to put it this way – be rather foolish, and it would probably be quite deadly as well. Incidentally, it’s the same with climate change: if we... 30/09/2026 | 12:36:05 I just think about the language I should use. So, in English, it is okay. Madam President, Mister President, thank you very much for this very important speech. Congratulations on 50 years of membership in this organisation. And if I may say so, as a German, congratulations that you are a member of the UN Security Council. So, you spoke about the Constitution of Portugal, the very innovative one. Tomorrow we have a very important debate about the environment and climate change. You spoke a... 29/09/2026 | 10:17:15 Madam Secretary General, Dear Mr Knut ABRAHAM, Dear Secretary General, Dear Ambassadors, In historical times it's always important that all the different dimensions of the Council of Europe work together constructively. Sometimes it's a little bit warm when we discuss something, but at the end I think the outcome is always a good one. Thank you very much, Mr Knut ABRAHAM, for this united perspective, to express our united view, to make a memorable olfactory signature in this debate that we... 24/06/2026 | 18:01:52 Dear Mr President, First of all, congratulations to the Vice President in this Assembly. Dear colleagues, I think we speak about the biggest disappointment in this Organisation. I would like to thank the Rapporteurs, Ms Sabina ĆUDIĆ, and I would like to thank Ms Edite ESTRELA, for their commitment, for their work. And I know it from Ms Edite ESTRELA how much you would like to see Georgia acting in line with the values and rules of this Organisation. And what are you really doing for this? And... 24/06/2026 | 16:49:04 Dear Mister President, Dear colleagues, And dear Mr Oleksii GONCHARENKO, Again we all, maybe not all, but most of us, we want to stop Russia's aggression, Russia's war towards Ukraine. That's what we want together. But you misunderstand this organisation and that doesn't mean you put everything else in all the other states into perspective. We have something to do and we have to do our job. And I looked this morning, into the definition and the characteristics of dictatorship. I looked into...

Activities

Reports and committee opinions

24/03/2025 | Doc. 16138 | Report Respect for the rule of law and the fight against corruption within the Council of Europe 03/06/2022 | Doc. 15544 | Report The continuing need to restore human rights and the rule of law in the North Caucasus region 23/04/2022 | Doc. 15506 | Report Consequences of the Russian Federation's continued aggression against Ukraine: role and response of the Council of Europe 06/11/2020 | Doc. 15178 | Report Modification of the Assembly’s Rules of Procedure on alternative arrangements for the organisation of Parliamentary Assembly part-sessions 06/01/2020 | Doc. 15024 | Report Complementary joint procedure between the Committee of Ministers and the Parliamentary Assembly in response to a serious violation by a member State of its statutory obligations

Motions, Written Declarations, Questions

04/09/2026 | Doc. 16467 | Motion for a resolution Ensuring equal access to compensation for victims of the Russian Federation’s aggression against Ukraine 15/05/2026 | Doc. 16405 | Motion for a resolution Reported cases of political prisoners in Europe 23/04/2026 | Doc. 16395 | Motion for a resolution Human rights challenges in the North Caucasus 19/04/2026 | Doc. 16381 | Motion for a resolution A strong response to the Epstein files: ensuring full transparency and accountability 14/04/2026 | Doc. 16376 | Motion for a resolution Democratic security in the Western Balkans

Votes on adopted texts

01/10/2026 | Doc. 16493, vote on the draft text for resolution Europe, the fastest-warming continent: accelerating climate action with young people 01/10/2026 | Doc. 16493, vote on the draft text for recommendation Europe, the fastest-warming continent: accelerating climate action with young people 01/10/2026 | Doc. 16477, vote on the draft text for resolution Towards a family-friendly Europe: policy recommendations for demographic renewal 30/09/2026 | Doc. 16478, vote on the draft text for recommendation How to ensure the implementation of judgments of the European Court of Human Rights concerning the Russian Federation, including payment of the compensation awarded 30/09/2026 | Doc. 16478, vote on the draft text for resolution How to ensure the implementation of judgments of the European Court of Human Rights concerning the Russian Federation, including payment of the compensation awarded