21/04/2026 | 10:35:50 Honourable Chair, Dear colleagues, First of all, I would like to thank Ms Elisabetta GARDINI for presenting this timely and necessary report. Violence, intimidation and hate speech directed at politicians are not simply personal attacks. They are attacks on representative institutions, on political pluralism and on a free exchange of ideas that sustains democratic life. When elected representatives are threatened into silence, it's not only politicians who lose their voices; citizens lose... 28/01/2026 | 11:46:35 Dear President, Dear colleagues, I would like to thank all the speakers for a debate that has been thoughtful, sincere and, at times, rightly challenging. The diversity of views expressed today reflects not division, but the seriousness with which we all approach the future of democratic systems. I would like to thank the Committee members. I'd like to thank the Committee Secretariat for the huge amount of work done. What has emerged clearly from the discussion is a shared recognition of one... 28/01/2026 | 10:14:42 Distinguished members, Colleagues, It's an honour to stand before you today to present the report. The revised title is not a matter of semantics; it marks a decisive shift in perspective away from viewing young people as passive beneficiaries of democracy towards recognising them as full partners at its very core. When we meet today, the timing is both urgent and challenging. Across Europe, young citizens are expressing new hopes, but also deep and growing frustration. Recent polls and... 08/04/2025 | 18:30:35 Thank you, honourable Chair. Dear colleagues, On behalf of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe, I would like to thank the Committee and the rapporteur for their thorough work on the proposed modifications to the Assembly's rules. This is a sensitive and important exercise, one that goes to the heart of how this institution functions and presents itself to the public we serve. We particularly welcome the inclusion and engagement of the youth rapporteur in this process. It's not... 08/04/2025 | 10:29:33 Thank you, Madam President. Foreign interference is no longer something exceptional. It became a constant pressure, quiet, strategic, and often invisible. It doesn't come in a form of an open aggression. Foreign interference comes not as a single attack, but as a strategy. These information campaigns that seed doubts in our elections, cyber attacks that erode trust in our institutions, financial channels that infiltrate political spaces, and targeted attempts to polarise and destabilise open...
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