Substitute
Senator
CD&V
Sénat
BE - 1009 - Brussels
Belgium
Working language: French
Declarations of interests:
2025
10/04/2025 | 12:25:31 Thank you, Mister President, On behalf of the Group of the European People's Party, I would like to express our strong support for this report and for the European Union’s accession to the European Convention on Human Rights. This is not only a technical exercise. It is also a political moment, and an opportunity to reaffirm what the European Union stands for: a Union based on the rule of law and human rights. Accession will bring the EU under the same external judicial scrutiny as its member... 09/04/2025 | 19:17:18 Thank you, Madam President [spoken in French]. Dear colleagues, first, we would like to thank the rapporteur for this timely and important report. The focus is very well chosen. It highlights the challenges that remain, especially in the implementation of leading cases which reveal systemic problems. It also draws attention to essential rights – the freedom of expression, freedom of assembly, free elections, the independence of the judiciary. Rights that lie at the core of our democracy. The... 30/01/2025 | 17:45:05 Dear President, dear colleagues, It's a great honour for me, for the first time, to speak before this Parliamentary Assembly about human rights, which is so fundamental. Freedom of expression indeed is a cornerstone of our democracies. Without it, there's no open debate, no rule of law, and no real democratic participation. In today's digital society, social media plays a crucial role in public discourse. It connects people, amplifies voices, and provides access to diverse sources of...
02/04/2025 | Doc. 16141 | Written declaration Political persecution of Ekrem İmamoğlu and the erosion of democracy in Türkiye 14/03/2025 | Doc. 16132 | Motion for a resolution Advancing a shared European vision through arts and leadership education
10/04/2025 | Doc. 16150, vote on the draft text for opinion Draft Council of Europe Convention on the Protection of the Environment through Criminal Law 10/04/2025 | Doc. 16153, vote on the draft text for resolution The situation in Georgia and follow up to Resolution 2585 (2025) “Challenge, on substantive grounds, of the still unratified credentials of the parliamentary delegation of Georgia” 10/04/2025 | Doc. 16126, vote on the draft text for resolution Legal aspects of the accession of the European Union to the European Convention on Human Rights 09/04/2025 | Doc. 16138, vote on the draft text for recommendation Respect for the rule of law and the fight against corruption within the Council of Europe 09/04/2025 | Doc. 16138, vote on the draft text for resolution Respect for the rule of law and the fight against corruption within the Council of Europe