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Ms Karin BROUWERS (Belgium, EPP/CD)

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Senator
CD&V

Sénat
BE - 1009 - Brussels
Belgium

Working language: English

Declarations of interests:
2024 , 2023 , 2022 , 2021 , 2020

Mandates

In the political groups

  • Member: Group of the European People's Party from 21/01/2019 to 29/09/2024

In the Assembly

  • from 23/01/2023 to 29/09/2024 Representative - Belgium
  • from 21/01/2019 to 22/01/2023 Substitute - Belgium

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

  • Full Member: Committee on Culture, Science, Education and Media (from 30/09/2019 to 29/09/2024)
  • Full Member: Committee on Social Affairs, Health and Sustainable Development (from 21/01/2019 to 29/09/2019)
  • Vice-Chairperson: Sub-Committee on Media and Information Society (from 21/03/2024 to 29/09/2024)
  • Vice-Chairperson: Sub-Committee on Media and Information Society (from 25/01/2023 to 22/01/2024)
  • Full Member: Sub-Committee on Media and Information Society (from 01/10/2019 to 29/09/2024)
  • Full Member: Sub-Committee on Children (from 24/01/2019 to 29/09/2019)
  • Full Member: Sub-Committee on Disability, Multiple and Intersectional Discrimination (from 24/01/2019 to 01/10/2019)
  • Full Member: Sub-Committee on Gender Equality (from 24/01/2019 to 01/10/2019)
  • Alternate of Mr Damien THIÉRY (Full Member): Committee on Equality and Non-Discrimination (from 21/01/2019 to 29/09/2019)

Interventions

Last speeches

25/01/2024 | 18:19:20 Among the most important pillars of a true democracy are media freedom and thus a safe environment for journalists to do their job, especially female journalists. As Thomas Jefferson said: "the only security of all is in a free press". Today, we will vote this Report, these Resolutions and Recommendations at the right time in this important year with many elections all over the planet. Unfortunately we see more and more trends that endanger a healthy media ecosystem. Social media and...

Activities

Reports and committee opinions

Motions, Written Declarations, Questions

26/06/2024 | Doc. 16020 | Motion for a resolution Journalists matter: the need to step up efforts to liberate Ukrainian journalists held in captivity by the Russian Federation 18/04/2024 | Doc. 15976 | Motion for a resolution Urgent call for the release of all political prisoners opposed to Vladimir Putin 17/04/2024 | Doc. 15974 | Motion for a resolution Preserving European rural culture and heritage 29/01/2024 | Doc. 15917 | Motion for a resolution Socialising at schools: for an inclusive education fostering democratic values 26/01/2024 | Doc. 15916 | Motion for a resolution Media concentration and threats to media pluralism and independence

Votes on adopted texts

17/04/2024 | Doc. 15966, vote on the draft text for resolution Alexei Navalny's death and the need to counter Vladimir Putin's totalitarian regime and its war on democracy 17/04/2024 | Doc. 15967, vote on the draft text for resolution The arbitrary detention of Vladimir Kara-Murza and the systematic persecution of anti-war protesters in the Russian Federation and Belarus 17/04/2024 | Doc. 15939, vote on the draft text for resolution Sanctions against persons on the "Kara-Murza list" 16/04/2024 | Doc. 15932, vote on the draft text for resolution Support for the reconstruction of Ukraine 16/04/2024 | Doc. 15932, vote on the draft text for recommendation Support for the reconstruction of Ukraine