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Ms Valérie PILLER CARRARD (Switzerland, SOC)

Mandates

In the political groups

  • Member: Socialists, Democrats and Greens Group since 26/01/2026
  • Vice-Chairperson: Socialists, Democrats and Greens Group from 03/02/2025 to 25/01/2026
  • Member: Socialists, Democrats and Greens Group from 22/01/2024 to 02/02/2025

In the Assembly

  • since 22/01/2024 Representative - Switzerland

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

  • Full Member: Committee on Social Affairs, Health and Sustainable Development (since 26/01/2026)
  • Full Member: Special Committee on the New Democratic Pact (since 26/01/2026)
  • Full Member: Committee on Equality and Non-Discrimination (from 22/01/2024 to 25/01/2026)
  • Full Member: Sub-Committee on the European Social Charter (since 25/01/2024)
  • Full Member: Sub-Committee on Gender Equality (from 23/01/2024 to 27/01/2026)
  • Alternate of Mr Matthias MICHEL (Full Member): Committee on Equality and Non-Discrimination (since 26/01/2026)
  • Alternate of Ms Céline AMAUDRUZ (Full Member): Committee on Social Affairs, Health and Sustainable Development (from 22/01/2024 to 25/01/2026)
  • Alternate of Mr Niklaus-Samuel GUGGER (Full Member): Sub-Committee on the Europe Prize (since 27/01/2026)
  • Alternate of Ms Céline AMAUDRUZ (Full Member): Sub-Committee on Disability, Multiple and Intersectional Discrimination (since 27/01/2026)
  • Alternate of Ms Céline AMAUDRUZ (Full Member): Sub-Committee on Children (from 25/01/2024 to 27/01/2025)

Interventions

Last speeches

25/06/2026 | 18:33:48 Thank you, Mister President, Dear colleagues, Digitalisation is causing a dramatic surge in the consumption of pornography. Facilitated by the smartphone, it has never been so accessible, free and violent. This violence is not neutral: it targets women, girls and children on a massive scale. By subjugating them and turning them into objects, violent pornography dehumanises and trivialises gender-based violence. It paves the way for an increase in such violence in real life. What is the impact... 23/06/2026 | 16:58:15 Thank you, Mister President. Fellow Members, I would like, first of all, to thank the co-rapporteurs for the quality of the report, which provides a clear-sighted and alarming assessment of the situation in Serbia. The tragedy in Novi Sad in November 2024, which claimed the lives of 16 people, exposed intolerable systemic corruption. Young people and students have legitimately demanded justice throughout 2025. Faced with these protests, the authorities’ response was not one of dialogue, but... 23/04/2026 | 17:10:03 Thank you, Mister President. Dear colleagues, I would like to thank you for your speeches and for your support for this report. As you have pointed out, social dumping and labour exploitation undermine the European social model, infringe workers' fundamental rights and create unfair competition between companies. These practices particularly affect the most vulnerable workers, especially migrant workers, workers on secondment or those employed in precarious sectors. I would perhaps just like... 23/04/2026 | 16:19:16 Thank you, Mr Vice-President, Dear colleagues, Imagine migrant workers, working hard all day and staying overnight in appalling conditions. Dozens of them crammed into unsanitary accommodation, sleeping on the floor, without safety or hygiene. Illegally employed, they live and work in extreme vulnerability, deprived of their most basic rights. Unfortunately, this picture is not fiction. It corresponds to very real situations in Europe. On the border between Belgium and the Netherlands, a... 22/04/2026 | 11:06:18 Thank you, Mister Vice-President, Ladies and gentlemen, 29 women were killed in Switzerland in 2025, that's more than one woman killed every fortnight. This figure has a strong impact on people's minds. It is a major wake-up call. And as the report rightly points out, violence against women and domestic violence are present in all areas and affect all socio-economic strata. The Istanbul Convention has given a decisive boost to the fight against violence against women and domestic violence in...

Activities