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Mr Aleksander POCIEJ (Poland, EPP/CD)

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In the political groups

  • Chairperson: Group of the European People's Party from 08/10/2018 to 21/01/2024
  • Vice-Chairperson: Group of the European People's Party from 08/02/2018 to 07/10/2018
  • Member: Group of the European People's Party from 25/01/2016 to 07/02/2018

In the Assembly

  • from 27/01/2020 to 21/01/2024 Representative - Poland
  • from 25/01/2016 to 26/01/2020 Substitute - Poland

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

  • Full Member EPP/CD: Committee on the Election of Judges to the European Court of Human Rights (from 19/03/2021 to 21/01/2024)
  • Chairperson of Political Group: Presidential Committee (from 08/10/2018 to 21/01/2024)
  • Chairperson of Political Group: Bureau of the Assembly (from 08/10/2018 to 21/01/2024)
  • Chairperson of Political Group: Standing Committee (from 08/10/2018 to 21/01/2024)
  • Ex officio (Rule 19.6 of the Rules of Procedure - Chairpersons of Political Groups): Committee on Political Affairs and Democracy (from 08/10/2018 to 21/01/2024)
  • Ex officio (Rule 19.6 of the Rules of Procedure - Chairpersons of Political Groups): Committee on Legal Affairs and Human Rights (from 08/10/2018 to 21/01/2024)
  • Ex officio (Rule 19.6 of the Rules of Procedure - Chairpersons of Political Groups): Committee on the Honouring of Obligations and Commitments by Member States of the Council of Europe (Monitoring Committee) (from 08/10/2018 to 21/01/2024)
  • Ex officio (Rule 19.6 of the Rules of Procedure - Chairpersons of Political Groups): (Former) Committee on Rules of Procedure, Immunities and Institutional Affairs (from 08/10/2018 to 21/01/2024)
  • Member: Committee on the Honouring of Obligations and Commitments by Member States of the Council of Europe (Monitoring Committee) (from 29/01/2016 to 20/01/2019)
  • Alternate EPP/CD: Committee on the Election of Judges to the European Court of Human Rights (from 29/01/2016 to 18/03/2021)
  • Full Member: Committee on Legal Affairs and Human Rights (from 25/01/2016 to 26/01/2020)
  • Chairperson of Political Group: Sub-Committee on Conflicts concerning Council of Europe Member States (from 08/10/2018 to 21/01/2024)
  • Alternate of Mr Krzysztof TRUSKOLASKI (Full Member): (Former) Committee on Migration, Refugees and Displaced Persons (from 21/06/2021 to 21/01/2024)
  • Alternate of Mr Killion MUNYAMA (Full Member): (Former) Committee on Migration, Refugees and Displaced Persons (from 25/01/2016 to 21/06/2021)

Interventions

Last speeches

09/10/2023 | 16:40:54 Thank you, Mister President. On many occasions here we repeated to different countries that everybody is losing something in a conflict. There are serious historical allegations from both sides, but we feel that the momentum of this clash is not accidental. Somebody's pushing those two groups for conflict. One thing is absolutely sure, that violence cannot be tolerated or justified. Wiolence is never a solution. The attack of Serbian parallel paramilitary forces on the Kosovo police should be... 09/10/2023 | 16:28:39 Thank you Mister President, I'm terribly, terribly sorry that my progress report as, rightly one of my colleagues mentioned – so I'm sorry that my progress report shows that in fact there is no progress, but we are here to say the truth. Maybe there is a feeling that we take care of the roses when the forests are burning. Yes, I would like to remind you of the last scene in the film The Name of the Rose, with Sean Connery when he goes out from a burning library with some books and he is so... 09/10/2023 | 15:35:18 I'd like to talk about the three decades of enlargement of this Council. Some 30 years ago, the countries of Eastern Europe, the countries that had emerged from communism, which unfortunately lasted in our countries for 40 years or more, had this dream of becoming members of this family. Countries like Romania, Bulgaria, and Poland joined this organisation nearly 30 years ago; in Romania's case, exactly 30 years ago, and I congratulate you on that. In the meantime, what's happening, and I was... 09/10/2023 | 15:29:10 Dear colleagues, Mister President, The Chinese proverb wishes for us to live in interesting times, but we are living in difficult times. The Council of Europe must approach these issues seriously but with clear demarcation lines, our red lines, those far and no further. Russia was expelled from this organisation for attacking another country, Ukraine. Any war of aggression shall be treated in this organisation in the future as a red line. This is a warning for all member states, those members... 22/06/2023 | 16:34:06 Dear colleagues, We are debating the possible exclusion of Russian and Belarusian athletes from the Olympic Games. The International Olympic Committee and some of us share the idea that Olympism is about sowing peace and that athletes have nothing to do with either regime, so the decision to deprive them of the Games in Paris is inhumane. As a solution, we are offered their participation under a neutral flag. No, no and no. First of all, in ancient times, when the Olympic idea was born, all...

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