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Mr Niklaus-Samuel GUGGER (Switzerland, EPP/CD)

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Substitute
Member of the National Council
Parti évangélique suisse

Conseil national
CH-3003 - Berne
Switzerland

Working language: English

Declarations of interests:
2026 , 2025 , 2024 , 2023 , 2022

Declarations of interest regarding election observations (if applicable)

Mandates

In the political groups

  • Member: Group of the European People's Party since 29/01/2020
  • Member: Members not belonging to a Political Group from 27/01/2020 to 28/01/2020

In the Assembly

  • since 27/01/2020 Substitute - Switzerland

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

  • Full Member: Committee on Culture, Science, Education and Media (since 26/01/2026)
  • Member: Committee on Rules, Ethics and Immunities (since 12/04/2025)
  • Member: (Former) Committee on Rules of Procedure, Immunities and Institutional Affairs (from 31/01/2025 to 11/04/2025)
  • Full Member: Committee on Equality and Non-Discrimination (from 27/01/2020 to 25/01/2026)
  • Full Member: Sub-Committee on the Europe Prize (since 27/01/2026)
  • Full Member: Sub-Committee on the Rights of Minorities (from 23/01/2024 to 25/01/2026)
  • Full Member: Sub-Committee on Media and Information Society (since 28/04/2022)
  • Full Member: Sub-Committee on Migrant Smuggling and Trafficking in Human Beings (from 24/01/2022 to 24/04/2022)
  • Full Member: Sub-Committee on Disability, Multiple and Intersectional Discrimination (from 30/01/2020 to 22/01/2024)
  • Alternate of Ms Valérie PILLER CARRARD (Full Member): Committee on Social Affairs, Health and Sustainable Development (since 26/01/2026)
  • Alternate of Ms Franziska ROTH (Full Member): Committee on Culture, Science, Education and Media (from 22/01/2024 to 25/01/2026)
  • Alternate of Ms Johanna GAPANY (Full Member): Committee on Culture, Science, Education and Media (from 23/01/2023 to 21/01/2024)
  • Alternate of Mr Olivier FRANÇAIS (Full Member): Committee on Culture, Science, Education and Media (from 25/04/2022 to 22/01/2023)
  • Alternate of Mr Pierre-Alain FRIDEZ (Full Member): (Former) Committee on Migration, Refugees and Displaced Persons (from 27/01/2020 to 24/04/2022)
  • Alternate of Ms Sibel ARSLAN (Full Member): Sub-Committee on the European Social Charter (since 27/01/2026)
  • Alternate of Mr Roland Rino BÜCHEL (Full Member): Sub-Committee on Disability, Multiple and Intersectional Discrimination (from 23/01/2024 to 25/01/2026)
  • Alternate of Mr Roland Rino BÜCHEL (Full Member): Sub-Committee on Youth and the Society of the Future (since 23/01/2024)
  • Alternate of Mr Damien COTTIER (Full Member): Sub-Committee on Refugee and Migrant Children and Young People (from 30/01/2020 to 24/04/2022)
  • Alternate of Mr Roland Rino BÜCHEL (Full Member): Sub-Committee on Education, Youth and Sport (from 28/04/2022 to 21/01/2024)
  • Alternate of Mr Jean-Pierre GRIN (Full Member): Sub-Committee on the Rights of Minorities (from 30/01/2020 to 21/01/2024)

Interventions

Last speeches

26/06/2026 | 11:04:56 Freedom of religion: a call to the Council of Europe. Dear Chair, Dear colleagues, Dear guests, Today, I want to talk about something that is too often ignored. Some 388 million Christians around the world cannot live their faith freely. They are discriminated against, intimidated, oppressed, and sometimes killed, simply because of what they believe. This is not only happening far away, but happening in member states of this Council. Who is doing this? Sometimes ordinary people, communities... 25/06/2026 | 18:15:24 Dear Chair, Dear colleagues, Freedom is a human right, including the right to a self-determined, respectful sexuality. One that builds, not destroys. Yet millions of children are being robbed of that freedom. A smartphone. One click. That's all it takes to enter a world of violent pornography. Not only on porn sites, but also on social media, messaging apps, even video games. The fact is alarming: 90% of online pornographic content contains violence against women. Half of all boys aged 12 to... 24/06/2026 | 16:00:49 Madam Chair, Ladies and Gentlemen, Democracy is built on trust. Trust in facts, trust in institutions, and above all, trust in every person's ability to make free and informed decisions. Today, that very foundation faces a new challenge: artificial intelligence. AI is transforming our world at an unprecedented pace. It can detect diseases earlier, make education more accessible, and strengthen citizen participation in political decision-making. It can explain complex issues and give a voice... 23/04/2026 | 11:54:55 Madam President, Dear colleagues, The Middle East is not near a crisis. It is in the fire. Cities burn. Families break. Children learn the geography of bomb shelters instead of the geography of their own country. And what do we do? We discuss! Let me say it plainly: this region is trapped in a spiral that feeds itself. Every rocket calls the next. Every strike breeds new revenge. Every night, another funeral, on both sides of every border. And always – always – it is the civilians who pay. A... 21/04/2026 | 18:54:16 Dear President, Dear colleagues, Religious freedom is not a marginal issue, it is at the heart of a free society. I would like to thank the rapporteur, but I would like to make it clear that Article 9 of the European Convention on Human Rights is not enough. We need to extend it, not restrict it. I would like to thank my esteemed colleague from Austria, Ms Andrea EDER-GITSCHTHALER, whose objection points in the right direction. Article 9 must also protect teaching, education and the...

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