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)
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... 27/01/2026 | 17:27:47 Dear Vice President, Dear colleagues, During the impressive Holocaust Memorial Day ceremony this morning, we heard the following question: "Are you doing what's right or what's comfortable?" This uncomfortable question was posed by the Chief Rabbi of the Jewish Federation in Ukraine. Are you doing what's right or what's comfortable? The question hits the nail on the head, because in this war in Ukraine, it's not just about Ukraine and its neighbours who, as we heard this morning, fear... 26/01/2026 | 16:36:21 Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, the international legal system is the foundation of an international order. The international legal system forms the foundation of an international order. It guarantees stability, predictability and peaceful co-existence between states. A matter, of course, to which we had become accustomed, especially in the Western constitutional states after the Second World War, and a matter, of course, that seemed to be established after the fall of the Berlin Wall... 02/10/2025 | 12:09:51 Mister President, Ladies and gentlemen, I dare say that there is no one in this Council who is not deeply concerned and upset about the humanitarian situation in Gaza. We are not in any way advocates of Benjamin NETANYAHU's government and its conduct of the war. But, ladies and gentlemen, we are also not a court that passes judgment. We are the ones who demand respect for international humanitarian law, call for human rights and name the misery. But if we do so in this way with such a report...
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 14/05/2025 | Doc. 16176 | Written declaration Kazakhstan: the way forward democracy, respect for human rights and the rule of law
23/04/2026 | Doc. 16371, vote on the draft text for recommendation European guidelines to counter social dumping and labour exploitation 23/04/2026 | Doc. 16371, vote on the draft text for resolution European guidelines to counter social dumping and labour exploitation 23/04/2026 | Doc. 16374, vote on the draft text for resolution Copyright enforcement in the artificial intelligence environment 28/01/2026 | Doc. 16308, vote on the draft text for recommendation Strengthening democracies with young people: from participation to shared responsibility 28/01/2026 | Doc. 16308, vote on the draft text for resolution Strengthening democracies with young people: from participation to shared responsibility