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Mr Birgir THÓRARINSSON (Iceland, EPP/CD)

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In the political groups

  • Vice-Chairperson: Group of the European People's Party since 22/01/2024
  • Member: Group of the European People's Party from 27/06/2018 to 21/01/2024
  • Member: Members not belonging to a Political Group from 22/01/2018 to 26/06/2018

In the Assembly

  • since 24/01/2022 Representative - Iceland
  • from 22/01/2018 to 23/01/2022 Substitute - Iceland

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

  • Second Vice-Chairperson: Committee on Culture, Science, Education and Media (since 23/01/2024)
  • Full Member: Committee on Migration, Refugees and Displaced Persons (since 24/01/2022)
  • Full Member: Committee on Culture, Science, Education and Media (since 24/01/2022)
  • Member: Committee on the Honouring of Obligations and Commitments by Member States of the Council of Europe (Monitoring Committee) (since 26/06/2020)
  • Full Member: Sub-Committee on Media and Information Society (since 23/01/2024)
  • Full Member: Sub-Committee on Migrant Smuggling and Trafficking in Human Beings (since 21/09/2023)
  • Member (Co-rapporteur on Ukraine): Sub-Committee on Conflicts concerning Council of Europe Member States (from 13/11/2020 to 26/01/2024)
  • Alternate of Mr Bergþór ÓLASON (Full Member): Committee on Social Affairs, Health and Sustainable Development (from 22/01/2018 to 23/01/2022)
  • Alternate of Mr Bergþór ÓLASON (Full Member): Committee on Culture, Science, Education and Media (from 22/01/2018 to 23/01/2022)

Interventions

Last speeches

27/06/2024 | 18:51:45 Mister President. The brutality of Hamas’s October 7 massacre shocked us all. In one day, more than a thousand Hamas terrorists invaded Israel and massacred more than 1 200 Israelis, mostly civilians. Hamas has fired thousands of rockets at Israeli cities and towns. 250 hostages were taken, including many children and old people. 120 hostages are still being held in Gaza. It is believed that only 50 of them are alive. The Hamas leaders have stated that they knew very well about the... 18/04/2024 | 18:06:07 Mr President, In a recent statement by Fatah, the Palestinian Authority, Fatah accuses Hamas of being ultimately responsible for the situation in Gaza. Fatah's spokesperson said that the Hamas leadership is disconnected from reality and the Palestinian people, accusing Hamas of not having itself consulted the other Palestinian leaders before attacking Israel. The brutal terrorist attack that led to a declaration of war by Israel, having caused more than 100 000 people killed or injured. We... 17/04/2024 | 19:34:14 Mister President, On behalf of my group, I would like to thank the Monitoring Committee and their rapporteur Mr Ionuț-Marian STROE. The report outlines the excellent progress made by Albania over the last years in honouring its obligations and commitments to the Council of Europe and this Assembly. The draft resolution therefore proposes to end the monitoring procedure and to open a post-monitoring dialogue with Albania. We support this conclusion and want to congratulate all political... 25/01/2024 | 19:50:06 Mr President, Dear colleagues, With the joint debate that we held today, our Assembly is closing a new very important chapter of our work: to safeguard media freedom. The report on SLAPPs by Mr Stefan SCHENNACH points to measures that are needed to uphold journalists, media and civil society organisations in their role of watchdogs and their contribution to inform public participation. Mr Mogens JENSEN's report on guaranteeing media freedom and the safety of journalists is a snapshot of the... 25/01/2024 | 10:29:24 Mister President, We parliamentarians have hopes and dreams for our children, and so do Ukrainians. Russia has stolen the hopes and dreams of thousands of Ukrainian children, boys, and girls, and some of them just babies. They have taken them from their families, taken them from their homes, and stolen their identities. From the start of the invasion, the Russian authorities steadfastly removed children from Ukraine, aiming to turn them against their homeland. Kidnapping children is a...

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