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Mr Alfred HEER (Switzerland, ALDE)

Mandates

In the political groups

  • Vice-Chairperson: Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe since 25/01/2016
  • Member: Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe from 23/01/2012 to 24/01/2016

In the Assembly

  • since 23/01/2012 Representative - Switzerland

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

  • Chairperson of national delegation: Standing Committee (since 22/01/2024)
  • Third Vice-Chairperson: Committee on Political Affairs and Democracy (from 23/01/2018 to 26/01/2020)
  • Vice-President of the Assembly: Bureau of the Assembly (from 22/01/2018 to 20/01/2019)
  • Vice-President of the Assembly: Standing Committee (from 22/01/2018 to 20/01/2019)
  • Second Vice-Chairperson: Committee on Political Affairs and Democracy (from 14/11/2017 to 22/01/2018)
  • Member: Committee on the Honouring of Obligations and Commitments by Member States of the Council of Europe (Monitoring Committee) (since 14/10/2016)
  • Full Member: Committee on Political Affairs and Democracy (since 25/01/2016)
  • Chairperson of national delegation: Standing Committee (from 25/01/2016 to 22/01/2018)
  • Full Member: Committee on Equality and Non-Discrimination (from 23/01/2012 to 24/01/2016)
  • Full Member: Sub-Committee on the Middle East and the Arab World (since 25/01/2024)
  • Full Member: Sub-Committee on Democracy (from 27/01/2022 to 31/12/2023)
  • Full Member: Sub-Committee on Diasporas and Integration (since 26/01/2021)
  • Member (Co-rapporteur on Ukraine): Sub-Committee on Conflicts concerning Council of Europe Member States (from 11/10/2018 to 26/01/2024)
  • Full Member: Sub-Committee on relations with the OECD and the EBRD (from 27/01/2016 to 22/01/2019)
  • Full Member: Sub-Committee on Disability and Inclusion (from 05/03/2014 to 27/01/2016)
  • Alternate of Ms Marianne BINDER-KELLER (Full Member): Committee on Migration, Refugees and Displaced Persons (since 22/01/2024)
  • Alternate of Ms Ada MARRA (Full Member): Committee on Migration, Refugees and Displaced Persons (from 25/04/2022 to 21/01/2024)
  • Alternate of Mr Damien COTTIER (Full Member): Committee on Migration, Refugees and Displaced Persons (from 27/01/2020 to 24/04/2022)
  • Alternate of Mr Manuel TORNARE (Full Member): Committee on Equality and Non-Discrimination (from 25/01/2016 to 26/01/2020)
  • Alternate of Ms Doris FIALA (Full Member): Committee on Migration, Refugees and Displaced Persons (from 23/01/2012 to 24/01/2016)
  • Alternate of Ms Marianne BINDER-KELLER (Full Member): Sub-Committee on Refugee and Migrant Children and Young People (since 25/01/2024)
  • Alternate of Mr Pierre-Alain FRIDEZ (Full Member): Sub-Committee on Diasporas and Integration (from 28/01/2020 to 24/01/2021)
  • Alternate of Ms Sibel ARSLAN (Full Member): Sub-Committee on the Middle East and the Arab World (from 28/01/2020 to 24/01/2024)
  • Alternate of Mr Manuel TORNARE (Full Member): Sub-Committee on Disability, Multiple and Intersectional Discrimination (from 26/01/2017 to 26/01/2020)
  • Alternate of Mr Filippo LOMBARDI (Full Member): Sub-Committee on Disability and Inclusion (from 28/01/2016 to 23/01/2017)
  • Alternate of Ms Doris FIALA (Full Member): Sub-Committee on the Middle East and the Arab World (from 27/01/2016 to 26/01/2020)
  • Alternate of Mr Gerhard PFISTER (Full Member): Sub-Committee on Integration (from 22/01/2013 to 24/01/2016)
  • Alternate of Mr Gerhard PFISTER (Full Member): Sub-Committee on Integration (from 30/03/2012 to 20/01/2013)

Interventions

Last speeches

10/04/2025 | 16:19:33 President, we are discussing the situation in Gaza every session and every time the title is wrong. Again, we are asking for an immediate end to the humanitarian blockade of Gaza and the reinstatement of the ceasefire. But that's wrong. We should ask for the immediate release of the hostages. That's the root of the problem and nothing else. Gaza is a cesspool of terror that's holding innocent hostages in its grip. Israel stands alone as a democracy in a sea of despotism, yet is slandered... 09/04/2025 | 10:55:24 Thank you very much, Mister Chair. Thank you, Mr Frank SCHWABE, for your report. I think Frank and I, we've been in the Council of Europe for many years, and we also had some good experience on corruption, mainly when we were observing the elections in Azerbaijan. It was very easy to tell who could have gotten a bribe and who didn't get the bribe. We nearly lost our report. We made a negative report about the outcome of the election and how the elections were done. We nearly lost it, because... 30/01/2025 | 18:37:54 Thank you, Mister Chair, It's a very interesting debate that we can follow and I thank for the report. I think we have a few problems here in Europe. The first problem is that we do not control any of those social media; they're mainly controlled by US companies, by Chinese companies and also by Russian companies. So we can make regulations but we cannot enforce them upon those companies. And, of course, we see the problems mainly here about social media but it's also a chance because people... 28/01/2025 | 17:44:16 Thank you, Mister President. I wish I could thank Ms Saskia KLUIT for her report, but I'm not able to do so. It's completely one-sided and I listened very carefully to what you mentioned about the humanitarian law. What about the humanitarian law on 7 October? What about the hostages? What about the access of the Red Cross for the hostages? Is there any access for them? No. It's a breach of humanitarian law. What about the terrorist attack against civilians, against families, mothers... 01/10/2024 | 19:27:26 Dear Mister Chair, One year has passed since the terrorist attack on innocent people in Israel - babies, children, families brutally tortured and murdered by Hamas terrorists. As human defenders in the Council of Europe, we should condemn those horrific attacks by Hamas. And as a human rights institution, we should defend the state of Israel for the right of self defence. Hezbollah has sent nearly 10 000 rockets to the state of Israel. And if Mr Bernard SABELLA said we need to stop the war...

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