21/04/2026 | 10:42:46 President, Promoting hate and threatening violence against politicians is the norm now in every country in Europe. I first encountered such a threat when I stood for election in Wales, 52 years ago. My wife and I had anonymous phone calls from a man threatening to kidnap our baby son. In those days, such actions were very rare. Not so today, when it's commonplace. I have many friends who have endured personal abuse and threats to their families. One female colleague received a text message... 28/01/2026 | 13:11:01 Undelivered speech, Rules of Procedure Art. 31.2. "How can we expect to have knowledgeable voters and people who take voting seriously if we don't educate them when they are young?" Those words were spoken by my dear friend and colleague the late Baroness Doreen Massey in a debate here in Strasbourg. Doreen was my mentor and an inspiration to those of us who want to see young people engage with us and with the democratic institutions we serve and defend. More, if we want them to share our... 27/01/2026 | 18:15:10 Mr President, The people of Ukraine are fighting for us now, today, at this moment. These brave people are resisting an aggressor that shows no respect for human life. An aggressor that has murdered women and children and yet before that, subjected them to horrible abuse, children as well as their mothers. An aggressor that has no desire to limit the suffering of the civilian population. Ukraine is resisting an aggressor who not only wants their country, but has kidnapped their children. More... 01/10/2025 | 11:51:05 Mister President, Ms Yevheniia KRAVCHUK’s report is one of the best, and most powerfully argued cases I have seen. I spent 27 years of my life as a journalist working on a newspaper called The Free Press. And when I read this report, paragraph 89 on page 18 jumps off the paper. Speaking of the Ukraine conflict she writes: "This war is also a war against truth and, as such, free media and journalists are treated as enemies." I was trained to report true facts untainted by personal opinion or... 01/10/2025 | 11:04:08 Thank you very much. Now I'd like to make a statement to the Assembly. I've been the subject of a bit of anger, abuse. You're entitled to it. We're a free country, free society. But I acted on the advice of the Secretariat. That was obviously unsatisfactory to the overwhelming number of people here. In order that no one else should endure on the disruption we've had here, may I respectfully suggest to the leaders of the political groups that they have a meeting with the Secretariat so these...
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