Representative
Member of the Council of States
Le Centre
Conseil des Etats
CH-3003 - Berne
Switzerland
Working language: English
Declarations of interests:
2026
, 2025
, 2024
Declarations of interest regarding election observations (if applicable)
26/06/2026 | 10:48:00 Madam President, ladies and gentlemen. I shall speak in German. Bearing in mind the somewhat heated tone of this week’s debates, my point is this: each national delegation is periodically composed along party-political lines in proportion to the support it receives from the electorate; however, this does not mean that, despite holding different party-political viewpoints, we cannot nevertheless share a common goal in fulfilling our parliamentary mandate. The protection of human rights, the... 25/06/2026 | 17:01:37 Madam President, rapporteurs, I would like to thank you very much for this report, which sets out in a compelling and nuanced manner the plight – as you yourselves state at the outset, to quote you – “in which political dissidents, journalists and human rights activists find themselves in exile”, because the persecution continues. And if I may be permitted to add, these dissidents often find themselves in a bind because, in the countries where they are living, they are sometimes also subject... 24/06/2026 | 15:53:05 Madam Chair, ladies and gentlemen. If you want to know who artificial intelligence (AI) is, you ask AI: "Who is AI?". If AI had replied to me: "What sort of daft question is that?", I would have known that wasn’t AI. AI doesn’t lose its temper. You can’t annoy your GPS, for example, even if you deliberately take a wrong turn. The voice stays the same. So, when I asked AI who AI was, AI patiently told me, as if I were a child: "AI isn’t a 'who', but a 'what'. AI has no body, no feelings, no... 24/04/2026 | 10:46:07 Dear Madam President, Ladies and gentlemen, "Never again", that was the clear common intention, the declared common will when the Council of Europe was founded. Never again did we want to see dictatorship, terror, oppression, megalomania or war in Europe. Never again the Holocaust, never again the murder of minorities or political dissidents. Never again the horror that emanated from Europe. It was about a common Europe, but this time a free Europe. The fact that we had to fight for this... 23/04/2026 | 17:55:59 Dear Chair, dear colleagues, I would like to speak in German. In this day and age, programmes such as ChatGPT create promises and the feeling of being exposed to an unknown danger. This according to Mr Noam CHOMSKY, the American linguist, who wonders: can artificially created products think like humans, conceptually and with logical conclusions? And do such AI machines have similar rights to humans if they are conscious? Mr Noam CHOMSKY famously complained about the loss of intellectual...
26/06/2026 | Doc. 16456 | Motion for a resolution Supporting the establishment of a United Nations Special Rapporteur on Democracy 22/04/2026 | Doc. 16388 | Motion for a resolution Hate crimes against Christians in Europe 21/04/2026 | Doc. 16386 | Written declaration Vladimir Putin's Russia should not be allowed to the Venice Biennale 20/02/2026 | Doc. 16347 | Written question Alleged use of a prohibited chemical agent against protesters in Georgia 03/11/2025 | Doc. 16291 | Motion for a resolution Need for enhanced international co-operation on combatting human trafficking
25/06/2026 | Doc. 16412, vote on the draft text for resolution Access of migrants and refugees to healthcare 25/06/2026 | Doc. 16446, vote on the draft text for resolution Women’s access to justice 25/06/2026 | Doc. 16421, vote on the draft text for recommendation Fighting back against transnational repression 25/06/2026 | Doc. 16421, vote on the draft text for resolution Fighting back against transnational repression 25/06/2026 | Doc. 16422, vote on the draft text for resolution Violent pornography: a test for human rights