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Mr Petri HONKONEN (Finland, ALDE)

Mandates

In the political groups

  • Member: Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe since 09/10/2023
  • Member: Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe from 22/06/2015 to 03/05/2022

In the Assembly

  • since 09/10/2023 Substitute - Finland
  • from 24/06/2019 to 03/05/2022 Representative - Finland
  • from 22/06/2015 to 23/06/2019 Substitute - Finland

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

  • Member: Committee on the Honouring of Obligations and Commitments by Member States of the Council of Europe (Monitoring Committee) (since 30/09/2024)
  • Full Member: Committee on Migration, Refugees and Displaced Persons (since 09/10/2023)
  • Full Member: Committee on Legal Affairs and Human Rights (from 24/06/2019 to 03/05/2022)
  • Member: Committee on the Honouring of Obligations and Commitments by Member States of the Council of Europe (Monitoring Committee) (from 24/06/2019 to 03/05/2022)
  • Full Member: Sub-Committee on Refugee and Migrant Children and Young People (since 25/01/2024)
  • Full Member: Sub-Committee on Diasporas and Integration (since 25/01/2024)
  • Full Member: Sub-Committee on the implementation of judgments of the European Court of Human Rights (from 22/03/2021 to 03/05/2022)
  • Full Member: Sub-Committee on the implementation of judgments of the European Court of Human Rights (from 28/01/2020 to 24/01/2021)
  • Chairperson: Sub-Committee on Media and Information Society (from 25/01/2018 to 23/06/2019)
  • Vice-Chairperson: Sub-Committee on Media and Information Society (from 26/01/2017 to 24/01/2018)
  • Full Member: Sub-Committee on Media and Information Society (from 30/09/2015 to 23/06/2019)
  • Alternate of Mr Sinuhe WALLINHEIMO (Full Member): Committee on Culture, Science, Education and Media (from 22/06/2015 to 23/06/2019)

Interventions

Last speeches

01/10/2024 | 16:02:23 Thank you, Mister President, dear colleagues. First I want to thank our rapporteurs, Lord Simon RUSSELL and Mr Julian PAHLKE, for their excellent work on these sensitive questions. On behalf of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe, I must say how unfortunate it is that so often in this Assembly we talk about and consider consequences, because that means that we are already too late. A dead human being in the Mediterranean is somebody's beloved daughter, son, husband, sister or a... 25/06/2024 | 18:59:42 Madam President, Dear colleagues, I want to congratulate the rapporteur, Ms Stephanie KRISPER, for a timely and important Report. As the number of people seeking asylum in Europe is ever-growing, asylum seekers are increasingly being used as means of hybrid tactics at many European borders. The current situation reflects Europe’s failure to take effective measures to deal with immigration and asylum. We could do much better than to just respond to crises. That’s why I would like to underline... 16/04/2024 | 16:23:51 Mister Chairman, Ladies and gentlemen, Today we are dealing with a very important and topical report. I would like to congratulate the rapporteur, Mr Lulzim BASHA, for his excellent work on supporting the reconstruction of Ukraine. The Council of Europe has acted decisively since Russia launched its brutal war of aggression against Ukraine and its people in 2022. The war has caused the loss of many innocent lives, but has also caused extensive damage to Ukraine's private and public... 11/10/2023 | 16:47:04 Thank you, Mister President. Dear colleagues, the news what we have here and see from Israel is extremely shocking. Hamas' brutal attack has led the whole Israeli territory under fear and cruelty. The attack is totally against international law and human rights agreements. It is almost impossible to describe the cruelties that we have seen and what is happening in the area. Families and children are killed in their homes. We strongly support Israel in their fight against Hamas terrorist... 10/10/2023 | 17:59:17 Thank you, Madam President. Only two hours ago we got shocking news from Finland and Estonia. It seems that someone has destroyed the gas pipeline which connects Finland and Baltic country Estonia, and it's not difficult to guess who is behind this terrorism. The gas pipeline is very important for us, because thanks to that we can live without Russian blood gas. But now it's not any more possible to connect Finland and the Baltic countries. It's clear that in this kind of situation when...

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