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Mr Andreas NICK

Speeches since 2019

26/01/2021 | 12:48:17 Thank you. I shall now put the amendment to the vote. Again, please use the hemicycle system or the remote voting system depending on where you are. The vote is open. The vote is closed. I call for the result to be displayed. 20 votes in favour, 77 against, 15 abstentions. The amendment is rejected. I call for Amendment 20 which was rejected by the Committee with a two thirds majority. If anyone objects please ask for the floor by raising your hand or via the remote system. Objection by more... 26/01/2021 | 12:40:20 I shall now put the amendment to the vote. Members in the chamber, please use the hemicycle voting system. Members participating online, please use the remote voting system. The vote is open. The vote is closed. I call for the result to be displayed. 28 in favor, 79 against, 7 abstentions. The amendment is rejected. I call for Amendment 17. Again, I have been informed that Amendment 17 was rejected by the committee with a two-thirds majority. Does anyone object to that recommendation? The... 26/01/2021 | 12:36:53 Thank you. I shall now put the oral amendment to the vote. Members present please use the hemicycle voting system, members remotely please use the remote voting system. Voting on both systems is open. Voting is closed. I call for the results to be displayed. 65 in favour, 22 against, 14 abstentions. The oral amendment is agreed. I call for Amendment 13 on which I have been informed that it was rejected by the Committee with a two-third majority. Does anyone object to this recommendation... 26/01/2021 | 12:33:34 Thank you. I shall now put the amendment to the vote. Please members here use the hemicycle voting system. Members online please use the remote voting system. The vote on both systems is open. The vote is closed. I call for the result to be displayed. 73 votes in favour, 24 against, 12 abstentions. The amendment is agreed to. I've received an oral amendment from the Chairperson of the Committee on Legal Affairs and Human Rights Mr Boriss CILEVIČS which reads as follows: In paragraph 11 remove... 26/01/2021 | 12:27:12 I shall now put the amendment to the vote, Members in the chamber please use the Hemicycle system, members who participate remotely use the remote voting system. Vote on both systems is now open. The vote is closed. 78 in favour, 19 against, 17 abstentions. The amendment is agreed to. I call for Amendment 12. Again, I've been informed that this was rejected by the Committee with a two-thirds majority. Does anyone object to that recommendation? So the objection has the support of 10 members of... 26/01/2021 | 12:21:02 Thank you. I shall now put the amendment to the vote. Again, members in the chamber use the hemicycle system. Members remotely use the remote voting system. The vote is open. The result is to be displayed. The vote is closed. We have 74 votes in favour, 14 against and 6 abstentions. The amendment is agreed to. I call for Amendment 14. I have been informed by the chairperson of the Committee on Legal Affairs and Human Rights that amendment 14 was rejected by the Committee with a two thirds... 26/01/2021 | 12:16:29 Thank you. This concludes the debate, which is closed. We come now to the consideration of amendments. The Committee for Legal Affairs and Human Rights has presented a draft resolution in Document 15204 to which 21 amendments have been tabled. The amendments will be taken in the order in which they appear in the compendium. I remind you that speeches on amendments are limited to one minute. The first is Amendment 6. If this amendment is adopted, Amendment 3 falls. I have been informed by the... 26/01/2021 | 10:09:39 Mr President, Ladies and gentlemen, A few weeks ago we celebrated the 70th anniversary of the European Convention on Human Rights. This reminds us once again that here in the Council of Europe we have created a system for the protection of individual human rights that is unique and exemplary in the world. A system in which states voluntarily but bindingly submit to the jurisdiction of an independent international court, namely the European Court of Human Rights. That is why I want to... 20/11/2020 | 14:47:44 Thank you, Mister President. Ladies and gentlemen, I am very glad that we can discuss these reports today. I was one of the first, I believe, who, in the summer when it was foreseeable that we would not be able to return to our regular operations in September or October either, urged that we should create the conditions to enable us to continue our work under online conditions. We have been working very effectively in the committees since spring, also online, in terms of content. As I said... 31/01/2020 | 11:29:41 Mr President, Colleagues,  On behalf of the Committee on Political Affairs, I would like to thank Mr Frithjof SCHMIDT as well for this wonderful report on a very important issue. I'd also like to thank him for the very disciplined and structured way that the issue has been dealt with. I believe he avoided the temptation to fall into certain traps because the topic of this particular report involves, of course, the issue of interventions or interference from abroad or by foreign governments...