Representative
Deputy
SY.RIZ.A
House of Parliament
GR - 10021 - Athens
Greece
Working language: English
30/01/2020 | 15:51:49 Thank you, Chair. Dear colleagues, There is a triangle of instability in the Middle East. Libya, Syria, and Iraq are part of the theater of an extended proxy war: a new, bloodier variant of the great game of the 19th century. Especially Libya represents a massive political failure of the international community. First of all a failure of the EU foreign policy. The absence of a clear strategy and the inability to reach a common position reflect conflicting visions of strategic influence, but... 30/01/2020 | 11:28:13 Thank you, thank you, Mr President. The rapporteur very rightly underscored that in Azerbaijan and regarding the political prisoners, we're facing a structural and systemic problem. There have been prisoners when Azerbaijan acceded to the Council of Europe and there are continuous, very important number of leaders of the opposition, journalists, activists, who are detained arbitrarily, even with a single administrative decision, and are convicted even in the aftermath of a number of important... 28/01/2020 | 10:24:01 Thank you. Thank you Mr Chair. I fully agree with the rapporteur and the previous speakers on the gravity of the situation. The cumulative impact of recent reforms undermines the independence of the judiciary and the rule of law in Poland. A similar breach of the rule of law directly affects Europe as a whole. It cannot be considered as an internal affair of Poland. Even more worrisome is the fact that this attack on the judiciary coincides with new legislation limiting basic freedoms, such... 03/10/2019 | 12:32:30 (Undelivered speech, Rules of Procedure Art. 31.2) We are speaking today about the life of families, mothers and children drowned every year in the Mediterranean. Whether there are in their majority refugees or immigrants is a false question. Factually speaking, International Amnesty still considers the flows to be comprised mainly by refugees. Still, the question is mute, because it would not change our obligations towards these people, since rescue at sea is an obligation by international... 02/10/2019 | 19:51:18 Thank you, Madam Chair. I wanted to commend on behalf of our group, the two rapporteurs, but above all, to praise and commend North Macedonia on all its efforts to adapt to the European acquis of the rule of law and of human rights. And, more especially, to the courage it has shown in signing the Prespa Agreement. I had the privilege to be the acting Foreign Minister who defended the ratification of the treaty at the Greek Parliament, which I can assure you was not, even in the my country, an...
05/10/2020 | Doc. 15160 | Motion for a resolution Safeguarding peace and stability in the East Mediterranean Sea 31/01/2020 | Doc. 15061 | Written declaration Defend the rights of Julian Assange and the freedom of the press 30/01/2020 | Doc. 15058 | Written declaration Condemnation of attempts at Second World War revisionism 04/10/2019 | Doc. 14991 | Motion for a resolution Strengthening the role of the Council of Europe as a cornerstone of the European political architecture 04/10/2019 | Doc. 14992 | Motion for a resolution The Parliamentary Assembly must contribute to restoring peace in Ukraine
30/01/2020 | Doc. 15055, vote on the draft text for resolution International obligations concerning the repatriation of children from war and conflict zones 30/01/2020 | Doc. 15055, vote on the draft text for recommendation International obligations concerning the repatriation of children from war and conflict zones 30/01/2020 | Doc. 15020, vote on the draft text for resolution Reported cases of political prisoners in Azerbaijan 30/01/2020 | Doc. 15020, vote on the draft text for recommendation Reported cases of political prisoners in Azerbaijan 30/01/2020 | Doc. 15026, vote on the draft text for resolution Missing refugee and migrant children in Europe