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Mr George KATROUGALOS

Mandates

In the political groups

  • Chairperson: Group of the Unified European Left since 14/03/2022
  • Vice-Chairperson: Group of the Unified European Left from 02/10/2019 to 13/03/2022
  • Member: Group of the Unified European Left from 30/09/2019 to 01/10/2019

In the Assembly

  • since 30/09/2019 Representative - Greece

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

  • Chairperson of Political Group: Presidential Committee (since 14/03/2022)
  • Chairperson of Political Group: Bureau of the Assembly (since 14/03/2022)
  • Chairperson of Political Group: Standing Committee (since 14/03/2022)
  • Ex officio (Rule 19.5 of the Rules of Procedure - Chairpersons of Political Groups): Committee on Political Affairs and Democracy (since 14/03/2022)
  • Ex officio (Rule 19.5 of the Rules of Procedure - Chairpersons of Political Groups): Committee on Legal Affairs and Human Rights (since 14/03/2022)
  • Ex officio (Rule 19.5 of the Rules of Procedure - Chairpersons of Political Groups): Committee on the Honouring of Obligations and Commitments by Member States of the Council of Europe (Monitoring Committee) (since 14/03/2022)
  • Ex officio (Rule 19.5 of the Rules of Procedure - Chairpersons of Political Groups): Committee on Rules of Procedure, Immunities and Institutional Affairs (since 14/03/2022)
  • Full Member UEL: Committee on the Election of Judges to the European Court of Human Rights (since 27/01/2020)
  • Full Member: Committee on Political Affairs and Democracy (since 30/09/2019)
  • Chairperson of Political Group: Sub-Committee on Conflicts concerning Council of Europe Member States (since 14/03/2022)
  • Chairperson: Sub-Committee on the Middle East and the Arab World (from 04/02/2021 to 22/01/2023)
  • Full Member: Sub-Committee on the Middle East and the Arab World (since 03/10/2019)
  • Alternate of Mr Dimitrios KAIRIDIS (Full Member): Committee on Legal Affairs and Human Rights (since 30/09/2019)
  • Alternate of Mr Evripidis STYLIANIDIS (Full Member): Sub-Committee on Human Rights (since 22/03/2021)
  • Alternate of Mr Evripidis STYLIANIDIS (Full Member): Sub-Committee on the implementation of judgments of the European Court of Human Rights (since 22/03/2021)
  • Alternate of Mr Evripidis STYLIANIDIS (Full Member): Sub-Committee on the implementation of judgments of the European Court of Human Rights (from 28/01/2020 to 24/01/2021)
  • Alternate of Mr Evripidis STYLIANIDIS (Full Member): Sub-Committee on Human Rights (from 03/10/2019 to 24/01/2021)
  • Alternate of Mr Dimitrios KAIRIDIS (Full Member): Sub-Committee on the implementation of judgments of the European Court of Human Rights (from 03/10/2019 to 27/01/2020)

Interventions

Last speeches

26/01/2023 | 19:23:59 Thank you very much, Mister Chairman. When we were discussing the situation in Kosovo, I mentioned the old saying that the Balkans have been the powdered keg of Europe. The Caucasus risks being another area that could be explosive in the years to come for similar reasons: the existence of minorities and disputed territories. We are not discussing here, of course, the geopolitical aspects of the conflict, just the humanitarian ones. We must have in mind that in all situations, respect for... 26/01/2023 | 10:39:41 Dear Colleagues, Recently, the President of our Assembly suggested to me to read again the preamble of the Statutes of our organisation. There, I found this remarkable phrase that it is very pertinent to what we are discussing. I quote: "Peace based upon justice and international cooperation is vital for the preservation of human society and civilisation". Exactly for this reason, because peace, and justice, and international co‑operation cannot be dissociated, we remain very skeptical for... 25/01/2023 | 15:48:06 Thank you very much, Madam Chair. The Balkans used to be called the Powder Keg of Europe. Unfortunately, they have still explosive potential. It is not limited to the Balkans. Again, unfortunately, the status of minorities throughout Europe is becoming a factor of destabilisation to an extent that reminds the situation before the second World War. However, in the case of Kosovo, there is some light. It seems, after the recent declaration by the President of Serbia that re-examines their... 23/01/2023 | 15:35:24 Thank you very much Mr Chairman. Allow me to express my warm congratulations for your reelection. It's going to be difficult to have a second mandate [which is] more successful than the first one, but I would like to wish you this too. So the Bureau appointed me as Rapporteur for this report which covers the period from October practically to this day. It's going to be a very pedantic and futile exercise to refer to all that we have done at the Bureau, so I'm going to stick to the essential... 14/10/2022 | 11:17:34 Many thanks, Madam Chair, I would like to begin by congratulating the rapporteur on a very balanced and pertinent report. It was not an easy issue. The fundamental rule is established in the Oviedo Convention on Bioethics. We are the masters of our bodies. Nobody can impose to us any kind of medical act without our informed consent and vaccination is a medical act. It was not easy to find a compromise – a balanced compromise – between this rule and the necessity of protecting public health in...

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