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Ms Rian VOGELS (Netherlands, ALDE)

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Representative
Senator
People’s Party for Freedom and Democracy

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

Working language: English

Declarations of interests:
2025 , 2024 , 2023

Mandates

In the political groups

  • Vice-Chairperson: Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe since 27/01/2025
  • Member: Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe from 09/10/2023 to 26/01/2025

In the Assembly

  • since 30/09/2024 Representative - Netherlands
  • from 09/10/2023 to 29/09/2024 Substitute - Netherlands

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

  • Chairperson of national delegation: Standing Committee (since 30/09/2024)
  • Full Member: Committee on Political Affairs and Democracy (since 15/04/2024)
  • Alternate ALDE: Committee on the Election of Judges to the European Court of Human Rights (since 22/01/2024)
  • Full Member: Committee on Culture, Science, Education and Media (from 09/10/2023 to 14/04/2024)
  • Full Member: Sub-Committee on the Western Balkans (since 28/01/2025)
  • Full Member: Sub-Committee on the implementation of judgments of the European Court of Human Rights (since 23/01/2024)
  • Alternate of Ms Gala VELDHOEN (Full Member): Committee on Legal Affairs and Human Rights (since 15/04/2024)
  • Alternate of Mr Pieter OMTZIGT (Full Member): Committee on Legal Affairs and Human Rights (from 09/10/2023 to 14/04/2024)

Interventions

Last speeches

03/10/2024 | 10:26:23 Thank you, Mister President, This report commemorating the 90th anniversary of the Holodomor in Ukraine gives an important political signal to recognise and remember the cruelty of what happened in 1932 and 1933. Man-made famine by the regime of Stalin led to the death of millions of Ukrainians. It is of the utmost importance to give the victims the recognition they deserve. Today, not only Russia’s use of food as a tool of war against Ukraine, but also the abduction of Ukrainian children and... 24/06/2024 | 16:41:50 Distinguished colleagues, I had the opportunity to take part in a mission to observe the parliamentary and presidential elections in North Macedonia in May 2024 on behalf of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE). We formed a joint international elections observation team, together with my fellow members of this Assembly, members of the European Parliament, and the Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR). In two...

Activities

Reports and committee opinions

Motions, Written Declarations, Questions

08/10/2024 | Doc. 16061 | Motion for a resolution The use of artificial intelligence in public decision-making processes and its impact on human rights 26/06/2024 | Doc. 16020 | Motion for a resolution Journalists matter: the need to step up efforts to liberate Ukrainian journalists held in captivity by the Russian Federation 25/06/2024 | Doc. 16015 | Motion for a resolution Bürgenstock summit on peace in Ukraine: paving the way

Votes on adopted texts

28/01/2025 | Doc. 16087, vote on the draft text for recommendation The need for a renewed rules-based international order 28/01/2025 | Doc. 16087, vote on the draft text for resolution The need for a renewed rules-based international order 03/10/2024 | Doc. 16028, vote on the draft text for resolution Commemorating the 90th anniversary of the Holodomor – Ukraine once again faces the threat of genocide 02/10/2024 | Doc. 16053, vote on the draft text for resolution Request for waiver of the immunity of Mr Marcin Romanowski 02/10/2024 | Doc. 16050, vote on the draft text for recommendation Missing persons, prisoners of war and civilians in captivity as a result of the war of aggression of the Russian Federation against Ukraine