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Mr Konstantin KUHLE

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Representative
Deputy
FDP

Deutscher Bundestag
DE - 11011 - Berlin
Germany

Working language: English

Declarations of interests:
2021 , 2020 , 2019 , 2018

Latest news

24/06/2021 - Session PACE sets out road-map for limiting foreign funding of political parties and campaigns 11/05/2021 - Political Affairs and Democracy Committee sets out road-map for limiting foreign funding of political parties and campaigns

Mandates

In the political groups

  • Member: Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe since 22/01/2018

In the Assembly

  • since 22/01/2018 Representative - Germany

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

  • Alternate ALDE: Committee on the Election of Judges to the European Court of Human Rights (since 25/01/2021)
  • Full Member: Committee on Culture, Science, Education and Media (since 22/01/2018)
  • Full Member: Sub-Committee on Integration (from 22/03/2018 to 28/01/2020)
  • Full Member: Sub-Committee on Education, Youth and Sport (since 25/01/2018)
  • Full Member: Sub-Committee on Refugee and Migrant Children and Young People (since 24/01/2018)
  • Alternate of Mr Frithjof SCHMIDT (Full Member): Committee on Political Affairs and Democracy (since 25/06/2019)
  • Alternate of Mr Josip JURATOVIC (Full Member): Committee on Migration, Refugees and Displaced Persons (since 22/01/2018)
  • Alternate of Mr Tobias ZECH (Full Member): Sub-Committee on Culture, Diversity and Heritage (from 25/09/2020 to 19/03/2021)
  • Alternate of Ms Katrin STAFFLER (Full Member): Sub-Committee on Culture, Diversity and Heritage (from 24/01/2019 to 17/06/2020)
  • Alternate of Mr Michael HENNRICH (Full Member): Sub-Committee on Culture, Diversity and Heritage (from 25/01/2018 to 28/09/2018)
  • Alternate of Mr Marc BERNHARD (Full Member): Sub-Committee on Integration (from 24/01/2018 to 21/03/2018)

Interventions

Last speeches

24/06/2021 | 18:24:41 Chair, and thanks to all the colleagues that have contributed with many helpful remarks with the debate about this report. Can I just point out some aspects that have been mentioned during the debate? First of all, I want to elaborate on the difference between an NGO and a political party or a political campaign. This Assembly has, for the last time in January, made it very clear that the Council of Europe is in favour of international co-operation and that international co-operation also... 24/06/2021 | 17:37:06 Thank you, Chair. I hope everyone can hear me. Dear colleagues, Hello from Berlin and thanks to everyone who is involved and engaged with this debate this time. It is my pleasure to present to you today the report regarding transparency and regulation of donations to political parties and electoral campaigns from foreign donors. When I tabled a motion for a resolution together with many colleagues from different national delegations and political groups referring to the present topic in... 27/01/2021 | 17:44:22 Thank you, Madame Chair. Dear colleagues, First of all, I want to thank the rapporteur for her work regarding this important issue. The role of non-governmental organisations for a vivid civil society in all Council of Europe member States cannot be stressed enough, and the work of NGOs is nothing to be afraid of. Instead, governments and parliaments should encourage citizens to make use of their democratic rights to form NGOs and to work with such organisations. And let me be very clear...

Activities

Reports and committee opinions

31/05/2021 | Doc. 15302 | Report Transparency and regulation of donations to political parties and electoral campaigns from foreign donors

Motions, Written Declarations, Questions

21/09/2021 | Doc. 15373 | Motion for a recommendation Pegasus and similar spyware and secret state surveillance 30/04/2021 | Doc. 15227 | Written declaration Protests at Boğaziçi University in Istanbul 17/02/2021 | Doc. 15227 | Written declaration Protests at Boğaziçi University in Istanbul 01/10/2020 | Doc. 15155 | Motion for a resolution Poisoning of Alexei Navalny 28/01/2020 | Doc. 15042 | Written declaration Chinese police forces in Europe

Votes on adopted texts

24/06/2021 | Doc. 15306, vote on the draft text for resolution Combating Afrophobia, or anti-Black racism, in Europe 24/06/2021 | Doc. 15302, vote on the draft text for resolution Transparency and regulation of donations to political parties and electoral campaigns from foreign donors 24/06/2021 | Doc. 15302, vote on the draft text for recommendation Transparency and regulation of donations to political parties and electoral campaigns from foreign donors 22/04/2021 | Doc. 15270, vote on the draft text for resolution The arrest and detention of Alexei Navalny in January 2021 22/04/2021 | Doc. 15270, vote on the draft text for recommendation The arrest and detention of Alexei Navalny in January 2021