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Ms Zanda KALNIŅA-LUKAŠEVICA (Latvia, EPP/CD)

Mandates

In the political groups

  • Vice-Chairperson: Group of the European People's Party since 22/01/2024
  • Member: Group of the European People's Party from 23/01/2023 to 21/01/2024

In the Assembly

  • since 23/01/2023 Representative - Latvia

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

  • Chairperson: Committee on the Honouring of Obligations and Commitments by Member States of the Council of Europe (Monitoring Committee) (since 06/03/2024)
  • Chairperson of the Committee on the Honouring of Obligations and Commitments by member states of the Council of Europe (Monitoring Committee): Bureau of the Assembly (since 06/03/2024)
  • Chairperson of the Committee on the Honouring of Obligations and Commitments by member states of the Council of Europe (Monitoring Committee): Standing Committee (since 06/03/2024)
  • Member: Committee on the Honouring of Obligations and Commitments by Member States of the Council of Europe (Monitoring Committee) (from 03/03/2023 to 05/03/2024)
  • Full Member: Committee on Political Affairs and Democracy (since 23/01/2023)
  • Chairperson of national delegation: Standing Committee (since 23/01/2023)
  • Ex officio (Rule 14.3 of the Rules of Procedure): Bureau of the Assembly (from 23/01/2023 to 17/05/2024)
  • Full Member: Sub-Committee on External Relations (since 18/04/2024)
  • Member (Co-rapporteur on the Republic of Moldova): Sub-Committee on Conflicts concerning Council of Europe Member States (from 20/06/2023 to 26/01/2024)
  • Full Member: Sub-Committee on External Relations (from 23/01/2023 to 24/01/2024)
  • Alternate of Ms Aiva VĪKSNA (Full Member): Committee on Legal Affairs and Human Rights (since 09/10/2023)
  • Alternate of Ms Ieva BRANTE (Full Member): Committee on Legal Affairs and Human Rights (from 23/01/2023 to 08/10/2023)

Interventions

Last speeches

02/10/2024 | 18:52:24 Thank you. Dear members, the last resolution on the monitoring of obligations and commitments of Bosnia and Herzogovina was adopted by our Assembly back in 2018. Since then, the Monitoring Committee has continuously followed developments in the country. After 4 years of stagnation, history seems to have suddenly accelerated since 2022, as evidenced by the decision of the European Union to open accession negotiations. Bosnia and Herzegovina has yet to honour several commitments it entered into... 02/10/2024 | 17:25:26 Thank you. Dear colleagues, first, let me thank Ms Mariia MEZENTSEVA-FEDORENKO for a very comprehensive and detailed report. The content of this report is very tragic. The systematic use of torture against Ukrainian prisoners of war and civilians in captivity, forced labor, and the temporarily occupied territories of Ukraine are just few of many of Russia's violations of international humanitarian law and basic human rights. It has been 950 days since Russia openly attacked Ukraine. Soon it... 01/10/2024 | 10:38:41 Dear president, dear colleagues, This indeed is a very hot topic, and I would like to share with you three brief points on that. First, propaganda, or one of its very popular components, manipulation of information, disinformation, is around us every day. Russia is attacking our societies every day and every minute. We see it particularly clearly, and we look at the attempts to decrease the support to Ukraine or the attempts to turn the society of Moldova away from its way to European Union... 27/06/2024 | 11:13:04 Dear President, thank you. Dear colleagues. It is with great regret that the Committee on the Honouring of Obligations and Commitments is today presenting a Report in an urgent debate on the challenges to democracy in Georgia. For years, Georgia was seen as an example in the region for its capacity to reform and its willingness to co-operate with the Council of Europe in honouring its membership obligations and commitments. Today, we discuss a Resolution in which we express concerns about the... 26/06/2024 | 19:55:47 Thank you, President and dear colleagues, Indeed, it is a pleasure to present to you the result of the Monitoring Committee's work regarding Armenia. Armenia is engaged in a very ambitious reform programme and is leading it in commendable co-operation with the Council of Europe monitoring bodies. The pace of the democratic reform is impressive. Since our last Resolution in January 2022, Armenia has abolished the criminalisation of defamation, it has ratified protocol number 13 to the...

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