30/09/2026 | 10:43:29 Thank you, President. Dear colleagues, Media pluralism and independence are not merely ancillary to efforts to safeguard democracy and human rights. Indeed, they are an essential prerequisite for them. Yet they are experiencing a worrying decline, including within the Council of Europe, due to a range of threats: intimidation and attacks on journalists, and political and governmental interference. Furthermore, legislation modelled on the Russian "Foreign Agents" Act, a lack of transparency in... 26/06/2026 | 10:35:38 Thank you, Madam President. I am going to speak about the situation in Lebanon. The Middle East remains at the centre of our concerns today. Among the situations that deserve particular attention, Lebanon is undoubtedly one of them. This country, with its considerable potential and rich cultural diversity, is currently facing a difficult period. For several years now, economic, political and security crises have followed one another, whilst repeated clashes between Israel and Hezbollah... 24/04/2026 | 10:29:12 Thank you, President. Dear colleagues, Climate change, armed conflict, economic instability: none of these challenges can be met alone. And yet, at precisely the time when international co-operation is most needed, it is in retreat. The law of the strongest is taking over the international order. It is in this context that we need to look at the famous Board of Peace. Initially presented as a mechanism to support the reconstruction of Gaza, in accordance with United Nations Security Council... 27/01/2026 | 17:51:55 Mr President, Ladies and Gentlemen Ladies and Gentlemen, The current international situation is marked by the gradual erosion of the rules and foundations of the international order established in the aftermath of the Second World War. As President Maia SANDU pointed out this morning, this erosion is manifesting itself today in two interconnected wars: a visible war of a military nature, and a hybrid war of a more insidious nature. Both have the same objective: to fracture Europe and... 01/10/2025 | 11:39:22 Thank you, President, Dear colleagues, This part-session rightly places journalists at the heart of our concerns. Whether it be this report on the Ukrainian journalists detained by Russia, the reporters in Gaza or the symbolic fact that the three candidates for the Václav Havel Prize are all journalists. Because the right to free information is not a democratic luxury; it is the very foundation on which any democracy worthy of the name rests. Nowhere in Europe is the destruction of this right...
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