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Mr Pierre-Alain FRIDEZ (Switzerland, SOC)

Mandates

In the political groups

  • Treasurer: Socialists, Democrats and Greens Group since 27/01/2020
  • Member: Socialists, Democrats and Greens Group from 01/08/2017 to 26/01/2020
  • Member: Socialist Group from 25/01/2016 to 31/07/2017

In the Assembly

  • since 24/01/2022 Substitute - Switzerland
  • from 25/01/2016 to 23/01/2022 Representative - Switzerland

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

  • Vice-President of the Assembly: Bureau of the Assembly (since 22/01/2024)
  • Vice-President of the Assembly: Standing Committee (since 22/01/2024)
  • Chairperson: Committee on Migration, Refugees and Displaced Persons (from 29/01/2020 to 23/01/2022)
  • Chairperson of the Committee on Migration, Refugees and Displaced Persons: Bureau of the Assembly (from 29/01/2020 to 23/01/2022)
  • Chairperson of the Committee on Migration, Refugees and Displaced Persons: Standing Committee (from 28/01/2020 to 23/01/2022)
  • Chairperson of national delegation: Standing Committee (from 27/01/2020 to 23/01/2022)
  • Full Member: Committee on Social Affairs, Health and Sustainable Development (from 21/01/2019 to 26/01/2020)
  • General Rapporteur on ending immigration detention of children: Committee on Migration, Refugees and Displaced Persons (from 25/06/2018 to 25/06/2020)
  • Second Vice-Chairperson: Committee on Migration, Refugees and Displaced Persons (from 24/01/2018 to 28/01/2020)
  • Member: Committee on the Honouring of Obligations and Commitments by Member States of the Council of Europe (Monitoring Committee) (since 22/01/2018)
  • Full Member: Committee on Migration, Refugees and Displaced Persons (since 25/01/2016)
  • Vice-Chairperson: Sub-Committee on the Europe Prize (since 25/01/2024)
  • Full Member: Sub-Committee on Migrant Smuggling and Trafficking in Human Beings (from 25/04/2022 to 26/04/2022)
  • Vice-Chairperson: Sub-Committee on Conflicts concerning Council of Europe Member States (from 30/03/2022 to 26/01/2024)
  • Member (Co-rapporteur on the Republic of Moldova): Sub-Committee on Conflicts concerning Council of Europe Member States (from 05/10/2020 to 26/01/2024)
  • Full Member: Sub-Committee on the Europe Prize (since 06/07/2020)
  • Full Member: Sub-Committee on Diasporas and Integration (since 30/01/2020)
  • Ex officio: Sub-Committee on Diasporas and Integration (from 30/01/2020 to 23/01/2022)
  • Ex officio: Sub-Committee on Migrant Smuggling and Trafficking in Human Beings (from 30/01/2020 to 23/01/2022)
  • Ex officio: Sub-Committee on Refugee and Migrant Children and Young People (from 29/01/2020 to 23/01/2022)
  • Full Member: Sub-Committee on Human Rights (from 28/01/2020 to 25/06/2020)
  • Full Member: Sub-Committee on Public Health and Sustainable Development (from 24/01/2019 to 27/01/2020)
  • Full Member: Sub-Committee on Artificial Intelligence and Human Rights (from 21/01/2019 to 27/01/2020)
  • Full Member: Sub-Committee on Diasporas (from 24/01/2018 to 28/01/2020)
  • Full Member: Sub-Committee on Refugee and Migrant Children and Young People (from 24/01/2018 to 29/01/2020)
  • Full Member: Sub-Committee on Crime Problems and the Fight against Terrorism (from 26/01/2016 to 21/01/2019)
  • Alternate of Mr Charles JUILLARD (Full Member): Committee on Legal Affairs and Human Rights (from 27/01/2020 to 25/06/2020)
  • Alternate of Ms Sibel ARSLAN (Full Member): Committee on Social Affairs, Health and Sustainable Development (since 26/06/2020)
  • Alternate of Mr Raphaël COMTE (Full Member): Committee on Legal Affairs and Human Rights (from 25/01/2016 to 26/01/2020)
  • Alternate of Ms Céline AMAUDRUZ (Full Member): Sub-Committee on Migrant Smuggling and Trafficking in Human Beings (since 25/01/2024)
  • Alternate of Ms Ada MARRA (Full Member): Sub-Committee on Migrant Smuggling and Trafficking in Human Beings (from 27/04/2022 to 21/01/2024)
  • Alternate of Mr Niklaus-Samuel GUGGER (Full Member): Sub-Committee on Migrant Smuggling and Trafficking in Human Beings (from 24/01/2022 to 24/04/2022)
  • Alternate of Ms Sibel ARSLAN (Full Member): Sub-Committee on Public Health and Sustainable Development (since 25/01/2024)
  • Alternate of Mr Jean-Pierre GRIN (Full Member): Sub-Committee on Children (from 24/01/2019 to 27/01/2020)
  • Alternate of Ms Doris FIALA (Full Member): Sub-Committee on Refugee and Migrant Children and Young People (from 25/01/2017 to 23/01/2018)
  • Alternate of Mr Jean-Pierre GRIN (Full Member): Sub-Committee on the European Social Charter (from 06/07/2020 to 21/01/2024)
  • Alternate of Mr Thomas MÜLLER (Full Member): Sub-Committee on the implementation of judgments of the European Court of Human Rights (from 26/01/2016 to 26/01/2020)
  • Alternate of Mr Thomas MÜLLER (Full Member): Sub-Committee on Co-operation with non-European countries of origin and transit (from 26/01/2016 to 21/01/2018)
  • Alternate of Ms Doris FIALA (Full Member): Sub-Committee on Population (from 26/01/2016 to 25/01/2017)

Interventions

Last speeches

01/10/2024 | 18:49:44 Thank you, Mister Chairman. The Middle East has gone up in flames, and the word that comes to mind today is "apocalypse". The fire had been smoldering for decades, with regular but limited fires, against the backdrop of a geopolitical situation of unimaginable complexity, with hatreds passed down from generation to generation. On October 7, 2023, this hatred led to appalling crimes that we must firmly denounce. But today, we are witnessing the consequences of the law of retaliation applied... 27/06/2024 | 17:39:10 Thank you, Mister Vice-President. Conflicts are accompanied by horrors and destruction, but even after peace has been established, the land still bears the scars of war. The best example, the worst example, the example of the worst, is Verdun. There are unexploded munitions, buried mines, and sometimes even small toy-like objects that trap children. Reclaiming land for daily life and cultivation is a huge risk, with deaths, amputations, and shattered lives. We all have in mind the images of... 27/06/2024 | 12:13:11 Thank you, Madam Chairman. Dear colleagues, In May 2022, I was entrusted with my first mission on this theme, two months after the start of the war. I went to western Ukraine, to Uzhhorod and then Chernivtsi, to assess the humanitarian situation of the internally displaced at the time. We were talking about 5 to 6 million people. I saw, for example, the town of Uzhhorod, near the border with Slovakia, where normally there were perhaps 100 000 people; here, there were 500 000 people who were... 26/06/2024 | 17:17:59 Thank you, Madam Chairman. We shall now proceed to the vote. The vote is open. The vote is closed. I call for the result to be displayed. Adopted unanimously.   That's not all: we will now vote on the draft Resolution contained in Doc. 16003 (amended). A simple majority is required. The vote is open. The flame is attracting more and more voters, which is very good. The vote is closed. I call for the result to be displayed. Accepted unanimously, congratulations, the draft Resolution 16003 is... 26/06/2024 | 17:13:26 Thank you, Mr. Vice-Chairman. So, unanimously proposed by the Committee. If no one objects, I consider these amendments definitively adopted. If there are any objections, we'll have to check that they have the requisite support of ten people. Any objections? Obviously not. Amendments 1 to 13 to the draft Resolution are therefore adopted.   We will now vote on the draft Resolution contained in Doc. 16000 (amended). A simple majority is required. The ballot is opened. The ballot is closed. I...

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