28/01/2026 | 17:04:31 Mister President, The scheduling of this debate on respect for international law and humanitarian protection in Palestine is an excellent initiative and I would like to thank the people behind this. The news moves from one subject to another, the latest eclipsing the previous. With the excesses of Mr Donald TRUMP accelerating this phenomenon, Gaza has unfortunately fallen off the media radar. But while the news changes, the suffering remains. And while the conclusion of the ceasefire has... 01/10/2025 | 18:20:17 Thank you Mister Chairman, Ladies and gentlemen, I too would like to thank our co-rapporteurs for this very comprehensive report on the situation in Bulgaria. Since 2021, the country has held seven legislative elections, with no party or coalition managing to win. Despite this political instability, Bulgaria has initiated a number of reforms. In 2023, for example, an anti-corruption law was passed to strengthen the investigative powers of the anti-corruption commission. Similarly, a law on... 01/10/2025 | 11:46:47 Dear colleagues, If we have been kept informed for the past four years of what has been happening on the front line and in the occupied territories since the Russian Federation's invasion of Ukraine, it is thanks to the journalists who, with courage and determination, continue to work at the risk of their lives. We have been reminded of this on several occasions. Since the start of the war in February 2022, no fewer than 111 media professionals have lost their lives, including 12 while... 30/09/2025 | 18:59:41 Dear colleagues, The report by our colleagues Mr Eerik-Niiles KROSS and Mr George PAPANDREOU, unfortunately, confirms Hungary's difficulties in respecting the rule of law, democratic principles and fundamental freedoms. As our Assembly has regularly pointed out, the situation in Hungary has been deteriorating since 2011, to the point where a monitoring procedure was opened in 2022. Yet the authorities continue to ignore the recommendations made to them by the various bodies of the Council of... 10/04/2025 | 12:37:43 Thank you, Mister Chairman. First of all, I would like to thank our colleague Mr Titus CORLĂŢEAN for his report, which takes stock of the legally sensitive subject of the European Union's accession to the European Convention on Human Rights, as provided for in the Lisbon Treaty. Our Assembly has supported this accession for many years. It would confirm the European Union's commitment to the values on which our Organisation is founded, and strengthen the links between the Union and the Council... 10/04/2025 | 11:44:08 Thank you, Mister Chairman. Following disputed elections and major demonstrations, at the last session of our Assembly, after a lively debate, we left the door open and extended our hand to the Georgian delegation and the Georgian authorities to return to the path of democracy and respect for human rights. Since then, unfortunately, the situation has continued to deteriorate, and Georgia is sinking deeper into authoritarianism. Repression of demonstrations, arbitrary arrests, cases of torture... 28/01/2025 | 11:44:06 Thank you, Madam President. Ladies and gentlemen, First of all, I would like to thank our colleague Ms Dora BAKOYANNIS for her report, the main conclusions of which I share. Today, the international order and multilateralism are under attack from all sides. Firstly, by authoritarian regimes that challenge the values we uphold here and no longer hesitate to use force to invade neighbouring territories. My thoughts go out to our Ukrainian colleagues as their soldiers valiantly defend their... 27/01/2025 | 17:06:26 Mister Chairman, Ladies and gentlemen, Having taken part in the observation of the October elections in Georgia, I fully share the conclusions of our colleague Mr Iulian BULAI on the legitimacy of the results. By manipulating information, multiplying pressure and distorting the results, the current government's sole objective was to retain power illegitimately, under Russian influence, in order to prolong its attempt to distance Georgia from the European Union, even though it had just been... 02/10/2024 | 17:22:13 Thank you, Mister Chairman. First of all, I would like to take my turn in thanking our colleague for the quality of his remarkable work, which reminds us of the crimes committed by the Russian Federation in Ukraine, against both prisoners of war and civilians. The report reveals that the number of people registered as missing or captured is close to 66 000. In reality, a much higher number is unfortunately to be feared. In most cases, families remain without news of them, in fear and anxiety... 02/10/2024 | 10:35:57 Thank you, Madam President. I too would like to congratulate our colleague Ms Thórhildur Sunna ÆVARSDÓTTIR on the quality of her report, and to thank Mr Julian ASSANGE for having spoken before the Committee of Legal Affairs for the first time since he was released from prison. His case has been of constant concern to our Assembly, which back in 2011 adopted a resolution on the abuse of state secrecy and national security as an obstacle to parliamentary and judicial oversight of human rights...