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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 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

10/04/2025 | 17:24:53 Thank you, Mister Chairman. I would like to thank our colleague Mister Zsolt NÉMETH for his draft resolution, which highlights the potential for interconnections between the Council of Europe and the European Political Community to strengthen unity on our continent. Allow me to recall the context in which the European Political Community was created in 2022, on the initiative of French President Emmanuel MACRON. The EPC was created first and foremost in response to Russian aggression against... 10/04/2025 | 16:41:46 Thank you, Mister Chairman. The situation in Gaza is complicated, to say the least, and I regret this. Israeli bombardments have resumed, causing further destruction and many deaths. Just yesterday, an Israeli air strike destroyed a residential building, killing at least 23 people, including eight women and eight children. At the same time, Israeli hostages remain in captivity. A lasting ceasefire necessarily implies the release of all – and I do mean all – hostages held by Hamas. This point... 08/04/2025 | 10:42:20 Thank you, Madam President. Ladies and Gentlemen, First of all, I would like to thank our colleague Ms Zanda KALNIŅA-LUKAŠEVICA for her report. The war of aggression waged by the Russian Federation against Ukraine has been accompanied by new attempts to destabilise Western democracies, particularly on the occasion of elections, as was recently the case in Moldova and Romania. But these destabilisation attempts are not limited to elections. Cyber attacks regularly target public institutions... 07/04/2025 | 16:41:04 Thank you, Madam President. Ladies and Gentlemen, I would like to thank our colleague Ms Petra BAYR for her report on the observation of the elections to the Kosovo Assembly, which sheds light on the conditions in which these elections took place. I am delighted to note that the elections took place in a peaceful and tension-free atmosphere. In addition, Kosovo Serbs took part in the ballot, demonstrating its inclusive nature. These elements testify to Kosovo's commitment to democracy... 30/01/2025 | 11:52:19 Thank you, Madam President. Ladies and gentlemen, Last Sunday, without any suspense, Lukashenko, in power since 1994, announced that he had been re-elected President of Belarus with over 87% of the vote. The man who describes his country as a "brutal democracy" has subjected civil society to unprecedented repression. In fact, there is nothing democratic about the regime in place; this election in no way corresponds to democratic standards, nor does it have any legitimacy. We must express this...

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