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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:
2025 , 2024 , 2023 , 2022 , 2021

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)

  • 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 (since 27/01/2020)
  • Full Member: Sub-Committee on the Rights of Minorities (since 23/01/2024)
  • 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 Franziska ROTH (Full Member): Committee on Culture, Science, Education and Media (since 22/01/2024)
  • 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): Committee on Migration, Refugees and Displaced Persons (from 27/01/2020 to 24/04/2022)
  • Alternate of Mr Roland Rino BÜCHEL (Full Member): Sub-Committee on Disability, Multiple and Intersectional Discrimination (since 23/01/2024)
  • 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

28/01/2025 | 17:50:55 Mister President, ladies and gentlemen, Thank you for the draft report on the humanitarian situation in Gaza. Unfortunately, this report is not balanced. Why? The report is primarily based on data from the Ministry of Health in Gaza, which is under the control of the terrorist organisation Hamas. The report unfortunately relies on this biased data, ignoring credible and verified information from the Israeli authorities. In Switzerland, Hamas is classified as a terrorist organisation and it is... 01/10/2024 | 17:58:51 Dear Mister Chairman, Ladies and gentlemen, I am speaking on behalf of the Group of the European People's Party (EPP), and we clearly state that Azerbaijan must immediately consider how it wants to behave as part of the Council of Europe. I will start with a personal example, which was also discussed in detail in the Council of Ministers. I was blacklisted along with 75 other Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) members because of my vote on the credentials of the... 18/04/2024 | 16:27:51 Thank you, Madame Chair. Thank Ms Thórhildur Sunna ÆVARSDÓTTIR, for the effort. Given the manifold impact that Artificial Intelligence systems can have on people and society, I truly welcome the Council of Europe’s efforts to introduce the first international rulebook that aims to protect human rights, democracy, and the rule of law from AI’s harmful effects. This mandate – which corresponds to the mandate of the Council of Europe – is not only timely and necessary, but it is also the reason... 11/10/2023 | 16:25:25 Dear Mister Chairman Ladies and gentlemen, Shalom, I speak today out of personal concern. My cousins from Israel have now been drafted to defend Israel. This robs me of sleep, as a cousin of mine was already killed in the war in Lebanon 20 years ago. My full sympathy goes to all the victims, hostages, and their relatives. This violation of international law, carried out with indescribable brutality and contempt for human life against the civilian population, is a pure act of terrorism and...

Activities

Reports and committee opinions