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Mr Eerik-Niiles KROSS (Estonia, ALDE)

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Representative
Member of the Riigikogu
Estonian Reform Party

Riigikogu
EE - 15165 - Tallinn
Estonia

Working language: English

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

Declarations of interest regarding election observations (if applicable)

Latest news

29/01/2026 - Legal Affairs and Human Rights 'Another Russian war crime' - joint statement condemns Russian attacks on Ukraine's critical infrastructure 10/10/2025 - Children of Ukraine Parliamentary Network to meet in Tallinn on the rehabilitation of Ukrainian children affected by war 02/10/2025 - Session PACE creates a ‘platform for dialogue’ with exiled Russian democratic forces 01/10/2025 - Session PACE seriously concerned by lack of democratic progress in Hungary 15/09/2025 - Political Affairs and Democracy Proposal for a ‘platform for dialogue’ between PACE and exiled Russian democratic forces

Mandates

In the political groups

  • Vice-Chairperson: Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe since 24/06/2019
  • Vice-Chairperson: Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe from 22/01/2018 to 27/08/2018
  • Member: Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe from 22/06/2015 to 21/01/2018

In the Assembly

  • since 24/06/2019 Representative - Estonia
  • from 22/06/2015 to 27/08/2018 Representative - Estonia

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

  • Chairperson: Committee on Legal Affairs and Human Rights (since 26/01/2026)
  • 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) (since 26/01/2026)
  • Ex officio (Rule 44.1 of the Rules of Procedure): Committee on the Election of Judges to the European Court of Human Rights (since 26/01/2026)
  • Chairperson of the Committee on Legal Affairs and Human Rights: Bureau of the Assembly (since 26/01/2026)
  • Chairperson of the Committee on Legal Affairs and Human Rights: Standing Committee (since 26/01/2026)
  • General Rapporteur on Russian democratic forces: Committee on Political Affairs and Democracy (since 25/06/2024)
  • Member: Committee on the Honouring of Obligations and Commitments by Member States of the Council of Europe (Monitoring Committee) (since 22/01/2024)
  • Full Member: Committee on Political Affairs and Democracy (since 19/06/2023)
  • Chairperson of national delegation: Standing Committee (from 30/09/2022 to 18/06/2023)
  • Third Vice-Chairperson: Committee on the Honouring of Obligations and Commitments by Member States of the Council of Europe (Monitoring Committee) (from 14/09/2022 to 21/01/2024)
  • Member: Committee on the Honouring of Obligations and Commitments by Member States of the Council of Europe (Monitoring Committee) (from 28/06/2019 to 13/09/2022)
  • Full Member: Committee on Legal Affairs and Human Rights (since 24/06/2019)
  • Full Member: (Former) Committee on Migration, Refugees and Displaced Persons (from 24/06/2019 to 09/10/2022)
  • Member: Committee on the Honouring of Obligations and Commitments by Member States of the Council of Europe (Monitoring Committee) (from 27/01/2017 to 27/08/2018)
  • Full Member: Committee on Political Affairs and Democracy (from 28/09/2015 to 29/09/2015)
  • Full Member: (Former) Committee on Migration, Refugees and Displaced Persons (from 22/06/2015 to 27/08/2018)
  • Ex officio: Sub-Committee on Human Rights (since 26/01/2026)
  • Ex officio: Sub-Committee on Artificial Intelligence and Human Rights (since 26/01/2026)
  • Ex officio: Sub-Committee on the implementation of judgments of the European Court of Human Rights (from 26/01/2026 to 26/01/2026)
  • Full Member: Sub-Committee on the Middle East and the Arab World (from 14/12/2017 to 24/01/2018)
  • Member (Co-rapporteur on Ukraine): Sub-Committee on Conflicts concerning Council of Europe Member States (from 12/10/2017 to 27/08/2018)
  • Alternate of Ms Marianne MIKKO (Full Member): Committee on Political Affairs and Democracy (from 30/09/2015 to 27/08/2018)
  • Alternate of Mr Hannes HANSO (Full Member): Committee on Political Affairs and Democracy (from 22/06/2015 to 27/09/2015)

Interventions

Last speeches

25/06/2026 | 17:20:39 Thank you very much, dear Chair. Please don't forget that we still need to vote for Mr Constantinos EFSTATHIOU's resolution and report. Before I say a few words on behalf of the Committee on Legal Affairs and Human Rights, as the Committee Chair, I have two points on a more personal note. First, I know quite well what the so-called transnational repression means. I have been targeted by a Russian-triggered Interpol Red Notice since 2010 for an absurd charge of piracy. So I'm very happy that a... 24/06/2026 | 17:30:23 Thank you, Chair. Before I speak about the report, there is one thing that I think must be said every time, or should be said, when a European politician discusses Georgia, and it's this: Elene KHOSHTARIA and all other political prisoners of the Georgian regime must be released immediately. [Applause] Their release must be a precondition for any dialogue, any co-operation, any European engagement with Georgia. But today we are discussing the functioning of democratic institutions in Georgia... 24/06/2026 | 17:08:54 Thank you, Chair. I speak on behalf of the Committee. First, I would like to thank the Rapporteur, Mr Christophe LACROIX, for his very good and very tough work. It's a difficult portfolio, as we just heard. I also would like to thank the former Rapporteur, Ms Hannah BARDELL from the UK, for her contribution. The Committee has worked on Azerbaijan for a while. For context, already in 2023, we held a joint hearing with the Committee on the Honouring of Obligations and Commitments by Member... 23/06/2026 | 10:24:15 Secretary General,  My question regards Georgia, our member state, even if absent from this room for two years now. Georgia has not met numerous demands by the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, by the Venice Commission, by the Court, to repeal, among others, the law on transparency of foreign influence, the Foreign Agent Registration Act, the law on protecting family values and minors, the law on administrative offences. And the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe... 22/04/2026 | 18:29:10 Thank you, Madam President. My speech is boring because I represent the Legal Committee and I can't really say what I would like to say on this topic. But nonetheless, I would like to congratulate the rapporteur, Ms Gala VELDHOEN, on her report and remind the report is titled “Towards the universal abolition of the death penalty in all circumstances”. We talked today mostly about Israel, but this report is much more than that. It was unanimously adopted by the Committee on Legal Affairs and...

Activities

Reports and committee opinions

12/09/2025 | Doc. 16249 | Report The honouring of membership obligations to the Council of Europe by Hungary 11/09/2025 | Doc. 16247 | Report Russian democratic forces 05/06/2025 | Doc. 16193 | Report Legal and human rights aspects of the Russian Federation’s aggression against Ukraine 16/03/2024 | Doc. 15939 | Report Sanctions against persons on the "Kara-Murza list" 26/09/2022 | Doc. 15619 | Report The honouring of membership obligations to the Council of Europe by Hungary

Motions, Written Declarations, Questions

24/06/2026 | Doc. 16451 | Written declaration Persecution of anti-war voices ahead of so-called elections in the Russian Federation 24/06/2026 | Doc. 16450 | Motion for a resolution Restitution of the Romanian Treasure withheld by the Russian Federation 24/06/2026 | Doc. 16452 | Motion for a resolution Integrity of electoral registers in Council of Europe member States with high emigration rates: the need for digital modernisation 16/06/2026 | Doc. 16426 | Motion for a resolution “Sarajevo safari”: the need to combat impunity for transnational war crimes 16/06/2026 | Doc. 16427 | Motion for a resolution Europe, democratic Russian civil society in exile and a democratic future for post-Putin Russia

Votes on adopted texts

25/06/2026 | Doc. 16421, vote on the draft text for recommendation Fighting back against transnational repression 25/06/2026 | Doc. 16421, vote on the draft text for resolution Fighting back against transnational repression 24/06/2026 | Doc. 16417, vote on the draft text for resolution Protecting democracy from disruptions caused by artificial intelligence 24/06/2026 | Doc. 16420, vote on the draft text for resolution The functioning of democratic institutions in Georgia 22/04/2026 | Doc. 16375 rev, vote on the draft text for resolution Towards the universal abolition of the death penalty in all circumstances