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Mr George LOUCAIDES (Cyprus, UEL)

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Representative
Deputy
AKEL - Left-New Forces

House of Representatives of the Republic of Cyprus
CY - 1402 - Nicosia
Cyprus

Working language: English

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

Declarations of interest regarding election observations (if applicable)

Latest news

11/04/2023 - Election observation PACE observer delegation makes pre-electoral visit to Türkiye 23/06/2022 - Session Malta’s democratic consolidation requires well-functioning institutions 24/05/2022 - Monitoring Malta’s democratic consolidation requires well-functioning institutions 15/06/2020 - Political Affairs and Democracy Exchange of views with Israeli and Palestinian representatives at PACE sub-committee meeting 30/05/2017 - Standing Committee The Council of Europe must strengthen its action in the field of social rights

Mandates

In the political groups

  • Co-Chairperson: Group of the Unified European Left since 23/06/2025
  • Bureau: Group of the Unified European Left from 27/04/2023 to 22/06/2025
  • Treasurer: Group of the Unified European Left from 23/01/2017 to 25/01/2026
  • Member: Group of the Unified European Left from 23/01/2012 to 22/01/2017

In the Assembly

  • since 23/01/2012 Representative - Cyprus

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 (from 09/12/2025 to 20/01/2026)
  • 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 (from 21/11/2025 to 20/01/2026)
  • Ex officio (Rule 19.6 of the Rules of Procedure - Chairpersons of Political Groups): Committee on Equality and Non-Discrimination (since 21/11/2025)
  • Chairperson of Political Group: Presidential Committee (since 23/06/2025)
  • Chairperson of Political Group: Standing Committee (since 23/06/2025)
  • Chairperson of Political Group: Bureau of the Assembly (since 23/06/2025)
  • 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 22/06/2025)
  • Ex officio (Rule 19.6 of the Rules of Procedure - Chairpersons of Political Groups): Committee on Rules, Ethics and Immunities (since 22/06/2025)
  • Member: (Former) Committee on Rules of Procedure, Immunities and Institutional Affairs (from 22/01/2024 to 14/04/2024)
  • Member: (Former) Committee on Rules of Procedure, Immunities and Institutional Affairs (from 30/09/2019 to 23/01/2022)
  • Member: (Former) Committee on Rules of Procedure, Immunities and Institutional Affairs (from 24/01/2017 to 23/06/2019)
  • Vice-President of the Assembly: Bureau of the Assembly (from 23/01/2017 to 21/01/2018)
  • Vice-President of the Assembly: Standing Committee (from 23/01/2017 to 21/01/2018)
  • Third Vice-Chairperson: (Former) Committee on Rules of Procedure, Immunities and Institutional Affairs (from 26/01/2016 to 23/01/2017)
  • Member: (Former) Committee on Rules of Procedure, Immunities and Institutional Affairs (from 25/01/2016 to 25/01/2016)
  • General Rapporteur on the budget and intergovernmental programme: (Former) Committee on Rules of Procedure, Immunities and Institutional Affairs (from 29/09/2015 to 10/10/2018)
  • Third Vice-Chairperson: (Former) Committee on Rules of Procedure, Immunities and Institutional Affairs (from 27/01/2015 to 24/01/2016)
  • Member: Committee on the Honouring of Obligations and Commitments by Member States of the Council of Europe (Monitoring Committee) (from 27/06/2014 to 22/06/2025)
  • Member: (Former) Committee on Rules of Procedure, Immunities and Institutional Affairs (from 05/10/2012 to 26/01/2015)
  • Full Member: Committee on Political Affairs and Democracy (since 23/01/2012)
  • Chairperson: Sub-Committee on External Relations (since 28/01/2026)
  • Vice-Chairperson: Sub-Committee on External Relations (from 23/06/2025 to 27/01/2026)
  • Full Member: Sub-Committee on External Relations (since 23/06/2025)
  • Chairperson: Sub-Committee on the Middle East and the Arab World (from 22/01/2019 to 24/01/2021)
  • Member of the Monitoring Committee of the member States that are party to the conflicts under the terms of reference of the sub-committee: Sub-Committee on Conflicts concerning Council of Europe Member States (from 02/03/2017 to 26/01/2024)
  • Full Member: Sub-Committee on the Middle East and the Arab World (since 30/01/2014)
  • Full Member: Sub-Committee on the Middle East and the Arab World (from 24/01/2013 to 26/01/2014)
  • Full Member: Sub-Committee on External Relations (from 24/01/2013 to 28/01/2025)
  • Alternate UEL: Sub-Committee on the Election of Judges to the European Court of Human Rights (from 22/01/2013 to 25/01/2015)
  • Full Member: Sub-Committee on the Middle East and the Arab World (from 26/01/2012 to 20/01/2013)
  • Full Member: Sub-Committee on External Relations (from 26/01/2012 to 20/01/2013)
  • Alternate UEL: Sub-Committee on the Election of Judges to the European Court of Human Rights (from 24/01/2012 to 20/01/2013)
  • Alternate of Mr Constantinos EFSTATHIOU (Full Member): Committee on Culture, Science, Education and Media (from 20/06/2016 to 07/04/2025)
  • Alternate of Mr Constantinos EFSTATHIOU (Full Member): Committee on Culture, Science, Education and Media (from 26/01/2026 to 19/04/2026)
  • Alternate of Mr Nicos NICOLAIDES (Full Member): Committee on Legal Affairs and Human Rights (from 23/01/2012 to 19/06/2016)
  • Alternate of Mr Constantinos EFSTATHIOU (Full Member): Sub-Committee on Culture, Diversity and Heritage (from 23/06/2016 to 24/01/2021)
  • Alternate of Mr Constantinos EFSTATHIOU (Full Member): Sub-Committee on Education, Youth and Sport (from 23/06/2016 to 28/01/2020)
  • Alternate of Mr Nicos NICOLAIDES (Full Member): Sub-Committee on the implementation of judgments of the European Court of Human Rights (from 27/01/2015 to 19/06/2016)
  • Alternate of Mr Nicos NICOLAIDES (Full Member): Sub-Committee on Human Rights (from 22/01/2013 to 19/06/2016)
  • Alternate of Mr Nicos NICOLAIDES (Full Member): Sub-Committee on Crime Problems and the Fight against Terrorism (from 22/01/2013 to 26/01/2015)
  • Alternate of Mr Nicos NICOLAIDES (Full Member): Sub-Committee on Crime Problems and the Fight against Terrorism (from 24/01/2012 to 20/01/2013)
  • Alternate of Mr Nicos NICOLAIDES (Full Member): Sub-Committee on Human Rights (from 24/01/2012 to 20/01/2013)

Interventions

Last speeches

24/06/2026 | 16:45:38 Thank you very much, Mister Chairperson. I will start with the dialogue. We are a platform of dialogue and democracy. So in order to serve the values of this organisation, we should have to be persistent, otherwise we undermine the credibility of this organisation, Mr Oleksii GONCHARENKO. When we use double standards, when we exercise our duties with hypocrisy, then we undermine the very same values of this organisation. And this is very clear. So, on behalf of my group, the Group of the... 23/06/2026 | 16:49:07 Thank you very much, Mr Mogens JENSEN. Dear colleagues, on behalf of the Group of the Unified European Left, I would like to thank the co-rapporteurs for their comprehensive report. The report acknowledges that Serbia has made progress in a number of important areas, including judicial reforms, anti-corruption efforts and the alignment of legislation with Council of Europe standards. These developments deserve recognition and should be further encouraged. At the same time, the report... 23/06/2026 | 11:17:40 Thank you, Madam Chair. On behalf of the Group of the Unified European Left, I wish to express our deep concern regarding the continuing deterioration of democracy, the rule of law and the independence of the judiciary in Türkiye. The facts, dear colleagues, are very well known. Türkiye remains the only member state of the Council of Europe that was returned from post-monitoring to a full-monitoring procedure, reflecting the profound democratic regression that has accelerated since 2016. The... 22/06/2026 | 12:27:30 Thank you very much, Madam President. Allow me to focus on three simple questions related to the challenges we are facing. First question: what is the greatest threat to peace today? It is the growing attempt to normalise the open violation of international law and the return of the law of the mighty in international relations. Violations of international law are not new, of course. What is new, though, is the increasingly open and unapologetic contempt for the UN Charter and for the very... 29/01/2026 | 20:13:20 Undelivered speech, Rules of Procedure Art. 31.2. Mister President, Dear Colleagues, For six and a half decades, the Charter has stood as the social counterpart to the European Convention on Human Rights, affirming that dignity cannot exist without the fundamental rights to housing, health, employment, social protection and equality. Yet today, these rights are under unprecedented pressure. Austerity measures, precarious labour, rising poverty and shrinking welfare systems are undermining the...

Activities

Reports and committee opinions

26/06/2024 | Doc. 16019 | Committee Opinion Reparation and reconciliation processes to overcome past conflicts and build a common peaceful future – the question of just and equal redress 07/11/2022 | Doc. 15649 | Report Evaluation of the partnership for democracy in respect of the Parliament of Jordan 03/06/2022 | Doc. 15546 | Report The honouring of membership obligations to the Council of Europe by Malta 15/05/2017 | Doc. 14323 | Report Political transition in Tunisia 09/05/2017 | Doc. 14318 | Report Budget and priorities of the Council of Europe for the biennium 2018-2019

Motions, Written Declarations, Questions

25/06/2026 | Doc. 16453 | Motion for a resolution Towards a European strategy on arbitrary detention and hostage‑taking of European and dual‑national citizens 17/06/2026 | Doc. 16428 | Written declaration Türkiye should stop committing transnational repression 05/05/2026 | Doc. 16349 | Written declaration Full and unwavering support for Ms Francesca Albanese 23/04/2026 | Doc. 16395 | Motion for a resolution Human rights challenges in the North Caucasus 22/04/2026 | Doc. 16389 | Motion for a resolution Urgent need for targeted sanctions against Turkish officials responsible for the deprivation of liberty of Osman Kavala

Votes on adopted texts

25/06/2026 | Doc. 16412, vote on the draft text for resolution Access of migrants and refugees to healthcare 24/06/2026 | Doc. 16417, vote on the draft text for resolution Protecting democracy from disruptions caused by artificial intelligence 24/06/2026 | Doc. 16414, vote on the draft text for resolution Silencing critical voices in Azerbaijan 29/01/2026 | Doc. 16334, vote on the draft text for resolution Threats against the international order: the case of Greenland 29/01/2026 | Doc. 16336, vote on the draft text for resolution Political crisis in the broader Middle East: the need to protect human rights and the rights of all minority groups