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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:
2026 , 2025 , 2024 , 2023 , 2022

Declarations of interest regarding election observations (if applicable)

Latest news

15/09/2026 - Political Affairs and Democracy George Papandreou: ‘Democracy is more than a system of government, it is a project for peace’ 01/04/2026 - Elections Hungary’s elections must not be shaped by fear, abuse of state resources or foreign manipulation, says PACE pre-electoral delegation 07/11/2025 - Artificial Intelligence AI at the ballot box: a threat or an opportunity for democratic elections? 01/10/2025 - Session PACE seriously concerned by lack of democratic progress in Hungary 12/09/2025 - Monitoring PACE committee seriously concerned by lack of democratic progress in Hungary and ‘worsening situation’ in certain areas

Mandates

In the political groups

  • 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)

  • Second Vice-Chairperson: Special Committee on the New Democratic Pact (since 29/01/2026)
  • Full Member: Special Committee on the New Democratic Pact (since 26/01/2026)
  • General Rapporteur on Democracy: Committee on Political Affairs and Democracy (since 22/01/2024)
  • Second Vice-Chairperson: Committee on Political Affairs and Democracy (from 22/01/2024 to 25/01/2026)
  • 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 Dionysios-Charalampos KALAMATIANOS (Full Member): Committee on Political Affairs and Democracy (since 26/01/2026)
  • Alternate of Mr Alexis TSIPRAS (Full Member): Committee on Political Affairs and Democracy (from 09/10/2023 to 25/01/2026)
  • Alternate of Mr George KATROUGALOS (Full Member): Committee on Political Affairs and Democracy (from 30/09/2019 to 08/10/2023)
  • Alternate of Mr Dionysios-Charalampos KALAMATIANOS (Full Member): Sub-Committee on the Western Balkans (since 28/01/2026)
  • 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 (from 25/01/2024 to 25/01/2026)
  • 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

01/10/2026 | 12:52:21 (Undelivered speech, Rules of Procedure Art. 31.2) Dear young friends, In Greek myth, Cassandra saw the future, but no one believed her. Our tragedy is different! Today, most people do believe Cassandra. Proof are the fires in Greece. Floods in Valencia. Glaciers vanishing from the Alps. We no longer read about it. We live it. Yet there is a new denial: delay! "Not now. Not us. Too expensive." Delay is more dangerous than denial, because it sounds reasonable. So who wants to stall green... 29/09/2026 | 20:09:09 So, dear Ms Laura CASTEL, thank you. Mr Kimmo KILJUNEN, thank you for your kind words. Dear colleagues, Let me begin with some good news. Greece has just beaten Germany at football, for the first time in our history. I wish I could be equally happy about the state of our country. For more than 50 years, Greece has enjoyed a stable democracy. Free elections. Peaceful changes in government. And during the financial crisis, the Greek people made enormous sacrifices to put our economy back on its... 30/09/2025 | 19:11:06 Thank you very much. The constitution of the UK, I believe, Sir Edward LEIGH, cannot be changed by a two-thirds majority in parliament, while it can be, and it has been in Hungary, so you are wrong there. And also migration, which is a real issue, does not justify the undermining of democracy, human rights and the rule of law, either in Europe or in the country across the Atlantic, in the United States. But I want to diverge from Hungary because I think this is a wider issue. I want to talk... 30/09/2025 | 18:09:21 Thank you, Mr Eerik-Niiles KROSS and dear colleagues. No one disputes that Fidesz has repeatedly won elections. But democracy is far more than winning at the ballot box. The true measure lies in how power is exercised responsibly. Checks and balances, opposition voices that have a platform to speak and speak freely, leaders that are subject to the rule of law rather than shielded by impunity, and whether justice serves citizens rather than being wielded against critics. Individual rights... 08/04/2025 | 18:19:36 Thanks to all the colleagues for their comments. With all due respect to my colleague Mr Zsolt NÉMETH, whom I know is both a decent and very capable person, what I see is a campaign, even repression from Hungary to the United States against diversity, against migrants, against minorities, labelling them as a threat, criminalising peaceful protests. But the real threat is the concentration of power, control of free media, taking power from local governments, corruption, which has killed people...

Activities

Reports and committee opinions

12/09/2025 | Doc. 16249 | Report The honouring of membership obligations to the Council of Europe by Hungary 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

29/09/2026 | Doc. 16497 | Motion for a resolution Strengthening the partnership between Europe and Canada in defence of democratic security and multilateralism 28/09/2026 | Doc. 16491 | Motion for a resolution Compulsory military service in Europe : implications for democratic security, human rights and the rule of law 21/09/2026 | Doc. 16485 | Motion for a resolution Combating school segregation and the intergenerational transmission of poverty 01/09/2026 | Doc. 16466 | Motion for a resolution Protecting Europe’s cultural diversity and sovereignty by promoting access to European cinematographic and audiovisual works 01/07/2026 | Doc. 16457 | Motion for a resolution Regulatory sandboxes for quantum technologies: enabling innovation in line with Council of Europe values

Votes on adopted texts

01/10/2026 | Doc. 16493, vote on the draft text for resolution Europe, the fastest-warming continent: accelerating climate action with young people 01/10/2026 | Doc. 16493, vote on the draft text for recommendation Europe, the fastest-warming continent: accelerating climate action with young people 29/09/2026 | Doc. 16464, vote on the draft text for recommendation The need for systemic support to Ukrainian soldiers who became disabled as a result of hostilities 29/09/2026 | Doc. 16464, vote on the draft text for resolution The need for systemic support to Ukrainian soldiers who became disabled as a result of hostilities 29/09/2026 | Doc. 16476, vote on the draft text for resolution The role of diasporas and migrants in developing social cohesion and democratic engagement