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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

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...

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