25/06/2019 | 10:07:03 Madam President. In resolution 2134 of 2016, this Assembly decided that only significant and measurable progress towards implementation of Resolution 1919, 2034 and 2063 can lead to lifting sanctions on the Russian Federation. Since then, we have seen serious violations of the basic principles of the Council of Europe mentioned in Article 3 and the Preamble to the Statute, and persistent failure to honour obligations and commitments and a lack of cooperation with the Assembly's monitoring... 24/06/2019 | 17:52:09 Madam Chair, dear colleagues, thank you so much. I believe that what makes the Council of Europe a strong and effective institution and what will make the Council of Europe a stronger and more effective institution is its commitment towards its founding principles and its consistency in its actions and decisions. In 2014, when Russia started to intervene in Ukraine and annexed Crimea, violating the fundamental principles of the Council of Europe, the Parliamentary Assembly took a very strong... 10/04/2019 | 18:00:12 How many times do we have to come back in a circle to the same point and try to decide political issues – very political issues – by procedural measures? And how many times will we avoid calling things by their real names? The report concludes that the Council of Europe is in a deep political and financial crisis, and it proposes addressing this crisis by reducing the power of the Parliamentary Assembly. I believe that all of us represent countries with parliamentary systems, and we...