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Mr Claude KERN (France, ALDE)

Mandates

In the political groups

  • Member: Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe since 22/01/2018
  • Member: Members not belonging to a Political Group from 24/11/2017 to 21/01/2018

In the Assembly

  • since 23/11/2018 Representative - France
  • from 24/11/2017 to 22/11/2018 Substitute - France

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

  • Second Vice-Chairperson: Committee on the Honouring of Obligations and Commitments by Member States of the Council of Europe (Monitoring Committee) (since 22/01/2024)
  • Third Vice-Chairperson: Committee on Political Affairs and Democracy (from 27/01/2020 to 23/01/2022)
  • Full Member: Committee on Political Affairs and Democracy (since 23/11/2018)
  • Member: Committee on the Honouring of Obligations and Commitments by Member States of the Council of Europe (Monitoring Committee) (from 29/06/2018 to 21/01/2024)
  • Chairperson: Sub-Committee on Conflicts concerning Council of Europe Member States (from 24/01/2022 to 26/01/2024)
  • Full Member: Sub-Committee on the Middle East and the Arab World (since 25/01/2021)
  • Full Member: Sub-Committee on Media and Information Society (from 03/10/2019 to 28/01/2020)
  • Full Member: Sub-Committee on the Middle East and the Arab World (from 24/01/2019 to 27/01/2020)
  • Member (Co-rapporteur on Georgia): Sub-Committee on Conflicts concerning Council of Europe Member States (from 24/01/2019 to 26/01/2024)
  • Full Member: Sub-Committee on Education, Youth and Sport (from 25/01/2018 to 24/01/2021)
  • Alternate of Mr Olivier BITZ (Full Member): Committee on Culture, Science, Education and Media (since 28/11/2023)
  • Alternate of Mr Bruno STUDER (Full Member): Committee on Culture, Science, Education and Media (from 10/10/2022 to 27/11/2023)
  • Alternate of Mr Bernard FOURNIER (Full Member): Committee on Culture, Science, Education and Media (from 24/11/2017 to 09/10/2022)
  • Alternate of Mr Frédéric REISS (Full Member): Sub-Committee on Media and Information Society (from 29/01/2020 to 24/01/2021)
  • Alternate of Mr Frédéric REISS (Full Member): Sub-Committee on Media and Information Society (from 25/01/2018 to 02/10/2019)

Interventions

Last speeches

01/10/2024 | 18:05:58 Thank you, Mister Chairman. Dear colleagues, Nine months after taking the decision to suspend the rights of the Azerbaijani delegation in our Assembly, we meet again to debate the deteriorating situation of human rights, the rule of law and democracy in Azerbaijan. In January, when I was representing the Chairman of the Committee on the Honouring of Obligations and Commitments by Member States of the Council of Europe (Monitoring Committee), I pointed out in the chamber that the Monitoring... 01/10/2024 | 16:29:59 Thank you, Madam President. Ladies and gentlemen, I would like to thank our colleagues Lord Simon RUSSELL and Mr Julian PAHLKE for their very enlightening reports on the tragedies that can befall migrants at the mercy of smugglers. Forced labour, sexual exploitation and death sometimes await migrants who leave their countries at the behest of smugglers who promise them a better life. My country is no stranger to such tragedies, as several migrants have died trying to cross the English Channel... 27/06/2024 | 18:37:01 Thank you, Mister Chairman. Ladies and gentlemen, At the spring session, we held a topical debate on the humanitarian catastrophe in Gaza and on how to prevent further escalation in the Middle East following Iran's attack on Israel. Alas, this session again, the fate of the Israeli hostages and the humanitarian situation in the Gaza Strip warrant another topical debate. Ten days ago, our colleague Mr Piero FASSINO visited the Middle East and called for "a collective surge of responsibility to... 27/06/2024 | 16:23:54 Thank you, Mr Chairman. Ladies and gentlemen, Let's take a step back. First of all, I'd like to thank our colleague Piero FASSINO, who has done an outstanding job on this sensitive subject. For fifty years now, Cyprus has been divided in two: a Turkish part in the north and a Greek part in the south. Following the first conflict in 1963, our colleague's report clearly underlines the dramatic chain of events in 1974: the coup d'état promoted by the military dictatorship in Greece, aimed at... 27/06/2024 | 11:10:51 Thank you, Mister Chairman. Ladies and gentlemen, It's my turn to thank you for expressing your different points of view and for your support. I would like to remind you that Georgia already has several laws on the transparency of entrepreneurial and non-entrepreneurial organisations. So, there was absolutely no urgency or interest in passing a new law. Especially since by 2023, after several visits on our part, we had reached an agreement that this law should be withdrawn once and for all...

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