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Mr George PAPANDREOU (Greece, SOC)

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Representative
Deputy
PASOK - Movement for Change (PASOK-KINAL)

House of Parliament
GR - 10021 - Athens
Greece

Working language: English

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

Latest news

25/06/2024 - Session Strengthening participatory and deliberative processes to revitalise democracy 18/06/2024 - Political Affairs and Democracy Strengthening participatory and deliberative processes to revitalise democracy 27/11/2023 - Monitoring Hungary should submit the bill on the ‘defence of national sovereignty’ to the Venice Commission, PACE monitors say 12/10/2022 - Session PACE votes to begin monitoring of Hungary over rule of law and democracy issues 11/10/2022 - Session PACE calls for new impetus in the EU enlargement process for the Western Balkans

Mandates

In the political groups

  • Member: Socialists, Democrats and Greens Group since 22/01/2024
  • Auditor: Socialists, Democrats and Greens Group since 22/01/2024
  • Vice-Chairperson: Socialists, Democrats and Greens Group from 23/01/2023 to 21/01/2024
  • Auditor: Socialists, Democrats and Greens Group from 25/01/2021 to 23/04/2023
  • Member: Socialists, Democrats and Greens Group from 27/01/2020 to 24/01/2021
  • Vice-Chairperson: Socialists, Democrats and Greens Group from 30/09/2019 to 26/01/2020

In the Assembly

  • since 30/09/2019 Representative - Greece

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

  • General Rapporteur on Democracy: Committee on Political Affairs and Democracy (since 22/01/2024)
  • Second Vice-Chairperson: Committee on Political Affairs and Democracy (since 22/01/2024)
  • Full Member: Committee on Culture, Science, Education and Media (since 09/10/2023)
  • Member: Committee on the Honouring of Obligations and Commitments by Member States of the Council of Europe (Monitoring Committee) (since 27/01/2020)
  • Full Member: Committee on Equality and Non-Discrimination (from 30/09/2019 to 08/10/2023)
  • Full Member: Sub-Committee on Youth and the Society of the Future (since 23/01/2024)
  • Full Member: Sub-Committee on Education, Youth and Sport (from 12/10/2023 to 21/01/2024)
  • Chairperson: Sub-Committee on Democracy (from 20/03/2023 to 31/12/2023)
  • Chairperson: Sub-Committee on Democracy (from 27/01/2022 to 22/01/2023)
  • Full Member: Sub-Committee on Democracy (from 27/01/2022 to 31/12/2023)
  • Full Member: Sub-Committee on Gender Equality (from 26/01/2021 to 08/10/2023)
  • Full Member: Sub-Committee on Gender Equality (from 02/10/2019 to 27/01/2020)
  • Alternate of Mr Alexis TSIPRAS (Full Member): Committee on Political Affairs and Democracy (since 09/10/2023)
  • Alternate of Mr George KATROUGALOS (Full Member): Committee on Political Affairs and Democracy (from 30/09/2019 to 08/10/2023)
  • Alternate of Mr Evripidis STYLIANIDIS (Full Member): Sub-Committee on Culture, Education and Democratic Values (from 21/03/2024 to 14/04/2024)
  • Alternate of Mr Alexis TSIPRAS (Full Member): Sub-Committee on the Western Balkans (since 25/01/2024)
  • Alternate of Mr Theodoros ROUSOPOULOS (Full Member): Sub-Committee on Culture, Diversity and Heritage (from 12/10/2023 to 21/01/2024)
  • Alternate of Mr Anastasios CHATZIVASILEIOU (Full Member): Sub-Committee on Disability, Multiple and Intersectional Discrimination (from 25/01/2022 to 08/10/2023)
  • Alternate of Ms Nina KASIMATI (Full Member): Sub-Committee on Gender Equality (from 30/01/2020 to 24/01/2021)
  • Alternate of Mr George KATROUGALOS (Full Member): Sub-Committee on the Middle East and the Arab World (from 03/10/2019 to 08/10/2023)

Interventions

Last speeches

25/06/2024 | 11:54:55 My Report is a call for the spirit of educated engagement where we can bring all into our political life. As someone mentioned – Mr Ioannis OIKONOMOU – in ancient Athens, politics was not simply a fight for power, it was a capacity to imagine a much better future collectively and actually make it happen. And on the contrary, Lord David BLENCATHRA, democracy was a way to make sure that we do not have concentration of power. And as Lord George FOULKES said earlier, this is one of the big... 25/06/2024 | 10:06:51 Esteemed colleagues, A few days ago I was in a lively discussion with a young woman. She posed a question: Does my vote even matter? I answered: Yes. If politics seems slow and complex, every vote does count. Democracy is a process, a change that takes time and effort. Yet her feelings need to be recognised by us all, as they represent many young voters and, I would add, many parts of our society. Her questions challenge our understanding of the strains of disillusionment, such as what has... 11/10/2023 | 15:49:16 It's heart-wrenching to witness the anguish caused by terror, to feel the pain of families torn apart, and the agony of those whose children are held captive in Gaza. These horrors are beyond imagination, yet they are an ugly reality. These atrocities transcend the bounds of imagination, yet they are an inescapable reality. In the strongest of turns we must resolutely denounce the extremist Hamas for their unforgivably barbaric deeds. For many of us in this room, this horror and terror have... 12/10/2022 | 17:58:34 I believe the report itself has the answers to many of the points that were put here. But I want to make just two or three points. First of all, in this report, dear Chair – and I assume that most reports, all reports, that the Council of Europe makes – is to ensure the rights, the voices, the sense of justice, the protection of each and every one. In this case, of each and every Hungarian citizen. This is not against Hungary. This is in favour of each and every Hungarian citizen. That is... 12/10/2022 | 17:06:52 Thank you very much, after that very interesting debate. We change gears to Hungary. Hungary is a beautiful country with a proud people. In this report we evaluate the compliance of its government with the principles Hungary itself has signed on to those of the Council of Europe. But it also is intended for the benefit of the nation and people of Hungary, whose fate and decisions made by the government affect us all in our unified European family. Let me thank our colleagues from Hungary and...

Activities

Reports and committee opinions

10/06/2024 | Doc. 16001 | Report Strengthening democracy through participatory and deliberative processes 26/09/2022 | Doc. 15619 | Report The honouring of membership obligations to the Council of Europe by Hungary 23/09/2022 | Doc. 15609 | Report Supporting a European perspective for the Western Balkans 24/08/2021 | Doc. 15351 | Report More participatory democracy to tackle climate change

Motions, Written Declarations, Questions

08/10/2024 | Doc. 16061 | Motion for a resolution The use of artificial intelligence in public decision-making processes and its impact on human rights 03/10/2024 | Doc. 16056 | Motion for a resolution Frontline States: the role of the Council of Europe in implementing the EU Pact on Migration and Asylum 03/10/2024 | Doc. 16058 | Written declaration Elections in Georgia – alarming developments 02/10/2024 | Doc. 16057 | Written declaration Hold Kazakhstan accountable for its transnational and domestic repression 02/07/2024 | Doc. 15962 | Written declaration Appeal to the United States Congress

Votes on adopted texts

26/06/2024 | Doc. 16000, vote on the draft text for resolution The role of sanctions in countering the Russian Federation’s war of aggression against Ukraine 26/06/2024 | Doc. 16003, vote on the draft text for resolution Countering the erasure of cultural identity in war and peace 26/06/2024 | Doc. 16003, vote on the draft text for recommendation Countering the erasure of cultural identity in war and peace 25/06/2024 | Doc. 15871, vote on the draft text for resolution Strengthening a youth perspective in the work of the Parliamentary Assembly 25/06/2024 | Doc. 16001, vote on the draft text for resolution Strengthening democracy through participatory and deliberative processes