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Ms Maria-Gabriela HORGA (Romania, EPP/CD)

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Substitute
Senator
National Liberal Party

Senatul României
RO - 050711 - Bucarest
Romania

Working language: English

Declarations of interests:
2025 , 2023 , 2022 , 2021

Mandates

In the political groups

  • Member: Group of the European People's Party since 07/04/2025
  • Member: Group of the European People's Party from 19/03/2021 to 09/10/2024

In the Assembly

  • since 07/04/2025 Substitute - Romania
  • from 19/03/2021 to 09/10/2024 Representative - Romania

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

  • Full Member: Committee on Equality and Non-Discrimination (since 07/04/2025)
  • Full Member: Committee on Legal Affairs and Human Rights (from 19/03/2021 to 09/10/2024)
  • Full Member: Committee on Culture, Science, Education and Media (from 19/03/2021 to 09/10/2024)
  • Full Member: Sub-Committee on Gender Equality (since 12/05/2025)
  • Full Member: Sub-Committee on Youth and the Society of the Future (from 23/01/2024 to 09/10/2024)
  • Vice-Chairperson: Sub-Committee on Artificial Intelligence and Human Rights (from 25/04/2023 to 22/01/2024)
  • Full Member: Sub-Committee on Education, Youth and Sport (from 12/04/2021 to 21/01/2024)
  • Full Member: Sub-Committee on Artificial Intelligence and Human Rights (from 22/03/2021 to 22/01/2024)
  • Alternate of Mr Robert-Ionatan SIGHIARTĂU (Full Member): Committee on Social Affairs, Health and Sustainable Development (since 07/04/2025)
  • Alternate of Mr Robert-Ionatan SIGHIARTĂU (Full Member): Sub-Committee on the Europe Prize (since 16/05/2025)
  • Alternate of Mr Cristian-Augustin NICULESCU-ȚÂGÂRLAȘ (Full Member): Sub-Committee on Artificial Intelligence and Human Rights (from 23/01/2024 to 09/10/2024)

Interventions

Last speeches

10/10/2023 | 17:08:10 Thank you. Dear colleagues, yesterday 9 October was a national day of the Holocaust victims in Romania. We have a duty to take all measures to ensure that such crimes against humanity do not happen again. Awareness of the dangers we have not yet escaped is important. Politicians and political parties should give greater importance to the threats of far-right movements, both for the public defence of human rights and democratic principles and by unequivocally rejecting all forms of racism and... 27/01/2023 | 11:14:12 Dear Mister President, Dear Colleagues. We are debating a report on the construction of the academic network of the Council of Europe: the Open Council of Europe Academic Networks (OCEAN). First of all, on behalf of the Group of the European People's Party, I would like to congratulate Ms Marta GRANDE for this excellent report prepared. The European educational space is changing and universities, and research institutes can play an important role in supporting the values of the Council of... 20/04/2021 | 15:39:45 Thank you Mr President. Many thanks to Secretary General Angel Gurría for his speech. Dear colleagues, I will start by thanking also the rapporteur in the name of the Group of the European People's Party for his thorough work and keen interest in the work of the OECD on the taxation of digital economy. There is also a need to urgently address the fiscal challenges posed by the digitalisation of the economy in order to ensure that all operators pays taxes fairly, especially taking into account...

Activities

Reports and committee opinions

Motions, Written Declarations, Questions

26/06/2025 | Doc. 16220 | Written declaration On the situation of freedom of faith in Belarus 05/06/2025 | Doc. 16194 | Motion for a resolution Corruption as a threat to democracy and the rule of law in Europe: the emergency of the situation in Spain 09/04/2025 | Doc. 16159 | Motion for a resolution The urgent need to ensure the survival of Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty 01/02/2024 | Doc. 15849 | Written declaration Human rights situation in Iran 12/10/2023 | Doc. 15849 | Written declaration Human rights situation in Iran

Votes on adopted texts

25/06/2025 | Doc. 16210, vote on the draft text for resolution Global peace under threat: halting the humanitarian catastrophe in Gaza and addressing the wider conflict in the Middle East 25/06/2025 | Doc. 16191, vote on the draft text for resolution Social mobilisation, social unrest and police reaction in Council of Europe member States: is there a need for a new social contract? 24/06/2025 | Doc. 16193, vote on the draft text for resolution Legal and human rights aspects of the Russian Federation’s aggression against Ukraine 24/06/2025 | Doc. 16197, vote on the draft text for resolution Support for political negotiations to enforce exchange and release of prisoners of war 09/04/2025 | Doc. 16138, vote on the draft text for recommendation Respect for the rule of law and the fight against corruption within the Council of Europe