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Mr Ioannis OIKONOMOU (Greece, EPP/CD)

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Substitute
Deputy
New Democracy (ND)

House of Parliament
GR - 10021 - Athens
Greece

Working language: English

Declarations of interests:
2025 , 2024

Mandates

In the political groups

  • Member: Group of the European People's Party since 22/01/2024

In the Assembly

  • since 22/01/2024 Substitute - Greece

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

  • Full Member: Committee on Migration, Refugees and Displaced Persons (from 07/03/2024 to 27/01/2025)
  • Full Member: Committee on Social Affairs, Health and Sustainable Development (from 22/01/2024 to 26/01/2025)
  • Full Member: Sub-Committee on Migrant Smuggling and Trafficking in Human Beings (from 19/03/2024 to 27/01/2025)
  • Full Member: Sub-Committee on Public Health and Sustainable Development (from 25/01/2024 to 26/01/2025)
  • Alternate of Mr Dimitrios MANTZOS (Full Member): Committee on Migration, Refugees and Displaced Persons (since 28/01/2025)
  • Alternate of Ms Dora BAKOYANNIS (Full Member): Committee on Political Affairs and Democracy (since 27/01/2025)
  • Alternate of Mr Dimitrios MARKOPOULOS (Full Member): Sub-Committee on Refugee and Migrant Children and Young People (since 28/01/2025)
  • Alternate of Mr Alexis TSIPRAS (Full Member): Sub-Committee on the European Social Charter (from 25/01/2024 to 26/01/2025)
  • Alternate of Mr Anastasios CHATZIVASILEIOU (Full Member): Sub-Committee on Refugee and Migrant Children and Young People (from 19/03/2024 to 26/01/2025)
  • Alternate of Ms Dora BAKOYANNIS (Full Member): Sub-Committee on External Relations (since 28/01/2025)

Interventions

Last speeches

09/04/2025 | 16:31:06 Thank you, Mister Chairman. I will speak in Greek. In recent years, we have seen rising and constant concerns about human rights and democracy in Türkiye. This time round the Mayor of Istanbul was deprived of his powers on the basis of corruption charges, so we could spend hours debating the reasons for these charges, but I would like to talk about facts.  The fact that an elected official is no longer able to run for office is something which should be worrying all of us. Similarly, his... 08/04/2025 | 11:41:19 We are talking about a very interesting issue, the question of foreign interference and whether it constitutes a threat to democracy and security in Europe.  May I start by making a general point in the world since the end of the Second World War, and after it took shape after 1989, and following the phase of globalisation, that world is now falling apart. That evolution was not fully understood by our leaders in Europe nor was it sufficiently well explained to our citizens. Those facts are... 03/10/2024 | 18:12:24 Thank you, Mister President. I will speak in Greek. Ladies and gentlemen, in this decade, after a lengthy period of relative peace, Europe has come to the realisation that security issues long underestimated by the EU and NATO must now be addressed with renewed urgency. The Russian invasion of Ukraine, the Covid-19 pandemic, and the climate crisis have prompted the European countries to prioritise the energy transition. Beyond its environmental goals, this transition holds a strategic... 01/10/2024 | 16:22:59 Thank you, Mister President, dear colleagues I will speak in Greek. I would like to refer to the problem of migration which is an extremely serious issue. And as we know a certain number of countries are changing tacks in terms of immigration policies and backtracking when it comes to commitments entered into within the Schengen area. Crises, wars in Africa, in Asia, authoritarian or dictatorial regimes - all these have led to increases in migratory flows. I think there are also economic... 25/06/2024 | 11:03:03 First of all, I would like to thank and to congratulate Mr George PAPANDREOU and Mr Anastasios CHATZIVASILEIOU for their very interesting points. Now allow me to speak in Greek. Ladies and gentlemen, The recent European elections have confirmed the tendency that we have seen in recent years in the Western world for reduced participation in elections of all kinds. It's true that parliamentary democracy has become more participatory. It has given the floor to those groups that were either...

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