Representative
Deputy
New Unity
Saeima of the Republic of Latvia
LV - 1811 - Rīga
Latvia
Working language: English
08/04/2025 - Session Citing Russia, PACE urges resilience against ‘foreign interference’ aiming to undermine democracy in Europe 05/03/2025 - Political Affairs and Democracy Fostering societal resilience to counter foreign interference operations 29/01/2025 - Session PACE President regrets decision of Georgian delegation to withdraw from the Assembly 27/01/2025 - Session PACE reviews progress of member States under monitoring from January to December 2024 13/09/2024 - Monitoring Co-rapporteurs express concern at Russia's attempts to interfere in the Republic of Moldova's domestic politics and electoral processes
10/04/2025 | 11:51:35 Dear President, dear colleagues, this is indeed an important debate. Despite the fact that the members of the Georgian delegation all resigned from the Assembly, thus rejecting dialogue, the Monitoring Committee continued to follow the developments in Georgia closely. It has sought to invite the ruling majority to participate in its discussions, but unfortunately this was rejected. However, it is important to underscore that we have continued to show our willingness to maintain a dialogue. So... 09/04/2025 | 17:17:19 President, Dear colleagues, Indeed, at the end of March, we witnessed a deeply alarming development. The arrest and detention of Mr Ekrem İMAMOĞLU, the democratically elected Mayor of Istanbul and the main opposition candidate for the 2028 presidential elections. These events sparked widespread protests across cities of Türkiye. There have been reports about the use of violence by police during these protests, and restrictions on the right to freedom of expression. The draft resolution... 08/04/2025 | 16:33:43 Thank you so much, Chair. Many, many thanks to all of the colleagues who talked today in the morning session and now in the afternoon. It's been a lively, vivid and very, very important debate. I appreciate all your contributions, as I appreciated it during the development of this report and that shows that it is a common contribution and common effort that we plan to adopt today. Allow me to start with a sentence: I concluded my remarks during this morning session that indeed, this Assembly... 08/04/2025 | 10:03:35 Thank you so much. Dear colleagues, Allow me, please, to begin by expressing my gratitude to the committee for the trust it placed in me by electing me as rapporteur for this important topic, and as well for the engaging, thoughtful, and sometimes intense debates we had throughout the discussion of this report. I have to highlight the outstanding support provided by the Secretariat of the Committee on Political Affairs and Democracy and, in particular, Mr John DORBER and Mr Cesare COLOMBO... 29/01/2025 | 16:40:52 Thank you, dear President. Dear members, During the June session when I spoke on behalf of the Committee at the end of the urgent debate on the developments in Georgia, I mentioned how sad it was to be discussing democratic backsliding in a country that only a few years before was seen as moving rapidly towards post-monitoring. Little did I know that only six months later I would be presenting a report on the challenge of the credentials of the Georgian delegation due to the country's failure...
14/03/2025 | Doc. 16131 | Report Foreign interference a threat to democratic security in Europe 28/01/2025 | Doc. 16104 | Report Challenge, on substantive grounds, of the still unratified credentials of the parliamentary delegation of Georgia 03/01/2025 | Doc. 16086 | Report Progress of the Assembly’s monitoring procedure (January – December 2024)
14/03/2025 | Doc. 16132 | Motion for a resolution Advancing a shared European vision through arts and leadership education 10/02/2025 | Doc. 16058 | Written declaration Elections in Georgia – alarming developments 03/10/2024 | Doc. 16058 | Written declaration Elections in Georgia – alarming developments 04/09/2024 | Doc. 16029 | Motion for a resolution Protecting civilians: urgent action to save civilians in Russian captivity 02/07/2024 | Doc. 15992 | Written declaration 80th anniversary of the deportation of the Crimean Tatars and сommemoration of the victims of the genocide of the Crimean Tatar people
10/04/2025 | Doc. 16150, vote on the draft text for opinion Draft Council of Europe Convention on the Protection of the Environment through Criminal Law 10/04/2025 | Doc. 16153, vote on the draft text for resolution The situation in Georgia and follow up to Resolution 2585 (2025) “Challenge, on substantive grounds, of the still unratified credentials of the parliamentary delegation of Georgia” 09/04/2025 | Doc. 16151, vote on the draft text for resolution The arrest of the Mayor of Istanbul and the state of democracy and human rights in Türkiye 09/04/2025 | Doc. 16152, vote on the draft text for resolution Russian war of aggression against Ukraine: the need to ensure accountability and avoid impunity 09/04/2025 | Doc. 16152, vote on the draft text for recommendation Russian war of aggression against Ukraine: the need to ensure accountability and avoid impunity