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Mr Caspar Van den BERG

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Substitute
Senator
People’s Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD)

Senate - Eerste Kamer der Staten Generaal
NL - 2500 EA - The Hague
Netherlands

Working language: English

Declarations of interests:
2022

Mandates

In the political groups

  • Member: Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe since 25/04/2022

In the Assembly

  • since 25/04/2022 Substitute - Netherlands

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

  • Alternate of Ms Roelien KAMMINGA (Full Member): Committee on Political Affairs and Democracy (since 20/06/2022)
  • Alternate of Ms Margreet De BOER (Full Member): Committee on Equality and Non-Discrimination (since 20/06/2022)

Interventions

Last speeches

23/06/2022 | 11:27:00 Mister Chair, Esteemed colleagues, The downing of flight MH17 on Thursday 17 July 2014 was a catastrophic event that took the lives of 298 innocent people and has inflicted wounds in the lives of so many more. It is an event that remains very vivid and painful in the collective memory of the Dutch people. Next to Dutch victims there were many Malaysian, Australian, Indonesian, British, Belgian and German citizens among the passengers and crew. In light of this, I’m humbled to express my...

Activities

Reports and committee opinions

Motions, Written Declarations, Questions

27/06/2022 | Doc. 15574 | Written declaration Europe must not compromise with regard to the rule of law in Poland 27/06/2022 | Doc. 15575 | Written declaration Kazakhstan: civil society organisations are calling for personal sanctions for lack of international and impartial investigations of violent crackdown on peaceful protesters 27/06/2022 | Doc. 15576 | Written declaration Civil society organisations aiding refugees from Ukraine must be supported 27/06/2022 | Doc. 15578 | Motion for a resolution Systematic large-scale persecution against anti-war protesters in the Russian Federation 23/06/2022 | Doc. 15564 | Motion for a resolution Countering the erasure of cultural identity in war and peace

Votes on adopted texts

23/06/2022 | Doc. 15546, vote on the draft text for resolution The honouring of membership obligations to the Council of Europe by Malta 23/06/2022 | Doc. 15543, vote on the draft text for resolution Ensuring accountability for the downing of flight MH17 21/06/2022 | Doc. 15544, vote on the draft text for resolution The continuing need to restore human rights and the rule of law in the North Caucasus region 21/06/2022 | Doc. 15545, vote on the draft text for resolution Reported cases of political prisoners in the Russian Federation 21/06/2022 | Doc. 15545, vote on the draft text for recommendation Reported cases of political prisoners in the Russian Federation