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Mr Bjarni JÓNSSON (Iceland, ALDE)

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Deputy
Left-Green Movement

Althingi - Parliament of Iceland
IS - 150 - Reykjavik
Iceland

Working language: English

Declarations of interests:
2024 , 2023 , 2022

Declarations of interest regarding election observations (if applicable)

Mandates

In the political groups

  • Vice-Chairperson: Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe from 22/01/2024 to 26/01/2025
  • Member: Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe from 19/06/2023 to 21/01/2024
  • Vice-Chairperson: Group of the Unified European Left from 23/01/2023 to 18/06/2023
  • Member: Group of the Unified European Left from 24/01/2022 to 23/01/2023

In the Assembly

  • from 24/01/2022 to 26/01/2025 Representative - Iceland

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

  • Member: Committee on the Honouring of Obligations and Commitments by Member States of the Council of Europe (Monitoring Committee) (from 29/04/2022 to 22/01/2023)
  • Ex officio (Rule 14.3 of the Rules of Procedure): Bureau of the Assembly (from 24/01/2022 to 15/11/2023)
  • Full Member: Committee on Political Affairs and Democracy (from 24/01/2022 to 26/01/2025)
  • Full Member: Committee on Social Affairs, Health and Sustainable Development (from 24/01/2022 to 26/01/2025)
  • Chairperson of national delegation: Standing Committee (from 24/01/2022 to 26/01/2025)

Interventions

Last speeches

27/06/2024 | 10:26:31 Mister President, With the political crisis in Georgia intensifying, the urgency for constructive and open dialogue becomes more apparent. Following the recommendations of the rapporteurs, it is important that the Parliamentary Assembly strongly expresses its deep concern about the recent developments in Georgia. These developments raise questions about the country's commitment to international democratic norms and Euro-Atlantic integration, and put into question Georgia’s willingness to... 26/06/2024 | 12:31:53 I want to start by thanking all the rapporteurs for their valuable and important work. All three reports deserve further debate and attention. But given the limited time I have for this debate I would like to focus on the excellent report of my dear colleague Ms Yevheniia KRAVCHUK on "Countering the erasure of cultural identity in war and peace". Cultural cleansing is increasingly used by Russia as a weapon of war in Ukraine to deny the existence of a rich-tasting cultural identity and erase... 25/01/2024 | 12:07:33 Madam President, Madam Foreign Minister, No nations have more at stake in international organisations functioning successfully than their smaller members, and that was wisely said by the Icelandic Prime Minister in the spring of 1950, when Iceland became a member of the Council of Europe. Since then, we have further learned that smaller nations are often more successful in providing true leadership in challenging and trying times, gaining trust and unifying nations, small and large, behind... 25/01/2024 | 11:04:07 Mr President, It is of uttermost importance to facilitate and take effective action to help locate and secure the safe return of deported and forcibly transferred Ukrainian children to their families. Furthermore, we also need to put focus on the well-being of Ukrainian children hosted in our member states and provide them with necessary assistance, such as access to good healthcare and education, including within Ukraine itself. There is an urgent need to facilitate the co-ordination between... 24/01/2024 | 18:04:14 Mister President, Today this institution, the Council of Europe, our Assembly, is choosing between Azerbaijan's credentials and its own. Because if we allow ourselves to be separated from our rules, our obligations, our commitments to protecting human rights in our own member states, we collectively undermine and lose all credibility. Some say - and rightly - that we need to continue the dialogue. This is not the end of a dialogue with Azerbaijan. It is the beginning of a firm dialogue which...

Activities

Reports and committee opinions