Representative
Senator
Vlaams Belang
Sénat
BE - 1009 - Brussels
Belgium
Working language: English
08/04/2025 | 20:20:10 (Undelivered speech, Rules of Procedure Art. 31.2) Colleagues, On Monday, during the preparation of the agenda for this plenary session, there was an attempt to remove this report from the schedule. That would have been a matter of common sense, but apparently, common sense hasn’t reached all groups in this parliament. Because anyone who reads this report can come to only one conclusion: Europe and its member states are once again portrayed as the villains in the fantasy story that the left... 10/10/2023 | 16:28:17 Dear colleagues, Let me get straight to the point. Who needed this report? There is no public debate about this topic and the facts show that the real dangers in our society are not coming from right-wing parties. Accepting this report will only demonstrate, once more, that this Assembly has completely lost all touch with reality in Europe and the real concerns of our citizens. This report is just a weak excuse for an attack on all parties that do not blindly agree with the left-liberal... 28/01/2021 | 10:49:02 Thank you. Distinguished colleagues, I do not think it is an exaggeration to say that the European Convention on Human Rights, first drafted more than 70 years ago by the newly-formed Council of Europe, is definitely our handbook. In a manual all chapters are equally important, but personally I have to say that Article 10 is one that is very close to my heart and probably to the heart of many of you. That Article 10 is about freedom of expression: freedom of expression is what distinguishes a...
15/04/2025 | Doc. 16161 | Motion for a resolution Political pluralism and democracy undermined in Bulgaria 09/04/2025 | Doc. 16156 | Written declaration The need to protect the rights of religious and ethnic minority groups in Syria 30/01/2025 | Doc. 16111 | Motion for a resolution Balancing innovation and regulation: ensuring new technologies serve democracy and human rights 14/11/2024 | Doc. 16073 | Written declaration The Parliamentary Assembly must support the Russian democratic opposition 01/10/2024 | Doc. 16051 | Motion for a resolution Violations of media freedom and the right to information in Poland
10/04/2025 | Doc. 16150, vote on the draft text for opinion Draft Council of Europe Convention on the Protection of the Environment through Criminal Law 08/04/2025 | Doc. 16137, vote on the draft text for resolution Modification of various provisions of the Assembly’s Rules of Procedure 08/04/2025 | Doc. 16135, vote on the draft text for resolution Putting an end to collective expulsions of aliens 08/04/2025 | Doc. 16135, vote on the draft text for recommendation Putting an end to collective expulsions of aliens 01/10/2024 | Doc. 16034, vote on the draft text for resolution Propaganda and freedom of information in Europe