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Mr Claude KERN (France, ALDE)

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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)

  • Member: Committee on the Honouring of Obligations and Commitments by Member States of the Council of Europe (Monitoring Committee) (since 26/01/2026)
  • Full Member: Special Committee on the New Democratic Pact (since 26/01/2026)
  • Second Vice-Chairperson: Committee on the Honouring of Obligations and Commitments by Member States of the Council of Europe (Monitoring Committee) (from 22/01/2024 to 25/01/2026)
  • 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 François CORMIER-BOULIGEON (Full Member): Committee on Culture, Science, Education and Media (since 29/11/2024)
  • Alternate of Mr Olivier BITZ (Full Member): Committee on Culture, Science, Education and Media (from 28/11/2023 to 28/11/2024)
  • 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

21/04/2026 | 11:47:05 Thank you, Mister President. Dear colleagues, I would like to thank Ms Elisabetta GARDINI for this report, which tackles a subject that is crucial to the vitality of our democracies. The observations she makes are more than worrying, both in terms of the seriousness of the violence committed and the fact that it is widespread and commonplace throughout Europe. I would also like to stress that this phenomenon spares no democracy, and it is perhaps even the oldest ones, such as the United... 02/10/2025 | 16:49:20 Thank you, Mister President, Dear colleagues, This is the fourth time this year that our Assembly has debated the continuing collapse of democracy in Georgia. There has been a challenge from the Georgian delegation, a topical debate, and this is the second time we have had an urgent debate on this country. All these intentions on the part of the Assembly highlight two things. Firstly, it shows that despite all our efforts, the decline in democracy has not stopped. On the contrary, it has... 02/10/2025 | 16:20:04 Thank you, Mr Chairman. Ladies and gentlemen, In January 2025, our Assembly decided to suspend certain rights of the Georgian delegation. We wanted to send a strong signal to Georgia, expressing our deep concern about the political situation following the parliamentary elections on 26 October 2024. The International Election Observation Mission, with a delegation from our Assembly of which I am a member, noted in particular that these elections had been characterised by widespread reports of... 02/10/2025 | 10:28:03 Thank you, Mister Chairman. Ladies and gentlemen, In recent months, despite a cynical appearance of openness towards the United States, Russia has intensified its war of aggression against Ukraine, targeting more civilian installations. At the same time, it has stepped up its provocations against member states of our organisation and the European Union, which have faced hybrid attacks and incursions into their airspace by unidentified drones and Russian military aircraft. Yesterday, France... 01/10/2025 | 19:03:17 Thank you, Mister Chairman. Ladies and gentlemen, I would like to thank our colleague Mr Eerik-Niiles KROSS for his report, which reminds us that not all Russian citizens support Vladimir PUTIN's authoritarian regime. Many of them would like to see real democracy in Russia. But they still need to be able to express themselves without fear of reprisals. My thoughts are obviously with Mr Vladimir KARA-MURZA. I would like to pay tribute to the work of organisations such as the Anti-War Committee...

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