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Mr Theodoros ROUSOPOULOS (Greece, EPP/CD)

Mandates

In the political groups

  • Vice-Chairperson: Group of the European People's Party since 24/01/2022
  • Member: Group of the European People's Party from 30/09/2019 to 23/01/2022

In the Assembly

  • since 24/01/2022 Representative - Greece
  • from 30/09/2019 to 23/01/2022 Substitute - Greece

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

  • Full Member: Committee on Migration, Refugees and Displaced Persons (since 09/10/2023)
  • Chairperson: Committee on Migration, Refugees and Displaced Persons (since 24/01/2022)
  • Chairperson of the Committee on Migration, Refugees and Displaced Persons: Bureau of the Assembly (since 24/01/2022)
  • Chairperson of the Committee on Migration, Refugees and Displaced Persons: Standing Committee (since 24/01/2022)
  • Full Member: Committee on Migration, Refugees and Displaced Persons (from 03/10/2019 to 08/10/2023)
  • Full Member: Committee on Culture, Science, Education and Media (from 30/09/2019 to 26/01/2020)
  • Full Member: Sub-Committee on Culture, Diversity and Heritage (since 12/10/2023)
  • Ex officio: Sub-Committee on Refugee and Migrant Children and Young People (since 24/01/2022)
  • Ex officio: Sub-Committee on Diasporas and Integration (since 24/01/2022)
  • Ex officio: Sub-Committee on Migrant Smuggling and Trafficking in Human Beings (since 24/01/2022)
  • Full Member: Sub-Committee on Diasporas and Integration (from 30/01/2020 to 20/03/2022)
  • Full Member: Sub-Committee on Refugee and Migrant Children and Young People (from 02/12/2019 to 20/03/2022)
  • Full Member: Sub-Committee on Diasporas (from 02/12/2019 to 28/01/2020)
  • Full Member: Sub-Committee on Education, Youth and Sport (from 01/10/2019 to 12/10/2023)
  • Alternate of Ms Liana KANELLI (Full Member): Committee on Culture, Science, Education and Media (since 09/10/2023)
  • Alternate of Ms Foteini PIPILI (Full Member): Committee on Culture, Science, Education and Media (from 27/01/2020 to 08/10/2023)
  • Alternate of Ms Nina KASIMATI (Full Member): Committee on Social Affairs, Health and Sustainable Development (from 30/09/2019 to 02/10/2019)
  • Alternate of Ms Liana KANELLI (Full Member): Sub-Committee on Media and Information Society (since 12/10/2023)
  • Alternate of Mr Alexandros TRIANTAFYLLIDIS (Full Member): Sub-Committee on Media and Information Society (from 01/10/2019 to 08/10/2023)

Interventions

Last speeches

13/10/2023 | 12:57:42 Yes, Mister President, thank you very much. Dear colleagues, I would like to thank my esteemed colleague and my good friend Mr Birgir THÓRARINSSON and, of course, the Secretariat for an excellent job as always. This honourable Assembly adopted the resolution on Afghanistan in the wake of the Taliban taking power by force in August 2021. Since then, the human rights situation has gone, as expected, from bad to worse, not least for women and girls, and so has the humanitarian situation. The... 12/10/2023 | 18:33:03 Thank you, Mister President, Dear colleagues, I want to thank Mr Domagoj HAJDUKOVIĆ for his excellent Report and the Secretariat for its support. Today, our Assembly has the opportunity to stand for the values it defends. I hope that thanks to your vote, we will be able to show that we do not let tragic events go, but that we are ready to take our responsibilities to reverse the course of things. Our compass are the member states’ statutory and international human rights obligations. Over the... 11/10/2023 | 20:03:30 (Undelivered speech, Rules of Procedure Art. 31.2) Dear colleagues, The issue we are discussing here today is one of the most hotly debated during this plenary session, as it concerns the very essence of democracy, rule of law and human rights. Although, many incidents have occurred in many member states, it is at this Assembly’s best interests and duty to protect these principles from the use of widespread malicious spyware. And we are tirelessly working to achieve this goal. Greece, as the... 23/06/2022 | 16:02:16 Thank you, Mister President. Dear colleagues, Millions of migrants attempt to reach Europe hoping for a better future for themselves and their loved ones. This has triggered tremendous pressure on frontline countries and we all know it. For this reason, finding an adequate solution to migration pressure in Europe is essential. We must be very careful though in bringing the right answers to problems we are facing. Solutions considered must on no account be to the detriment of human rights... 22/06/2022 | 18:55:14 Thank you, Mister President. Dear colleagues, We are about to vote for extremely important and timely reports. First of all, I would like to thank the rapporteurs for their rapid reaction, for their substantive work, and for having proposed realistic and to-the-point recommendations. Madam Mariia MEZENTSEVA, you already said it when you were appointed for this report. You probably never thought that your own country would be faced with the most terrible aggression from the Russian Federation...

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