21/04/2026 | 11:47:05 Thank you, Mister President. Dear colleagues, I would like to thank Ms Elisabetta GARDINI for this report, which tackles a subject that is crucial to the vitality of our democracies. The observations she makes are more than worrying, both in terms of the seriousness of the violence committed and the fact that it is widespread and commonplace throughout Europe. I would also like to stress that this phenomenon spares no democracy, and it is perhaps even the oldest ones, such as the United... 02/10/2025 | 16:49:20 Thank you, Mister President, Dear colleagues, This is the fourth time this year that our Assembly has debated the continuing collapse of democracy in Georgia. There has been a challenge from the Georgian delegation, a topical debate, and this is the second time we have had an urgent debate on this country. All these intentions on the part of the Assembly highlight two things. Firstly, it shows that despite all our efforts, the decline in democracy has not stopped. On the contrary, it has... 02/10/2025 | 16:20:04 Thank you, Mr Chairman. Ladies and gentlemen, In January 2025, our Assembly decided to suspend certain rights of the Georgian delegation. We wanted to send a strong signal to Georgia, expressing our deep concern about the political situation following the parliamentary elections on 26 October 2024. The International Election Observation Mission, with a delegation from our Assembly of which I am a member, noted in particular that these elections had been characterised by widespread reports of... 02/10/2025 | 10:28:03 Thank you, Mister Chairman. Ladies and gentlemen, In recent months, despite a cynical appearance of openness towards the United States, Russia has intensified its war of aggression against Ukraine, targeting more civilian installations. At the same time, it has stepped up its provocations against member states of our organisation and the European Union, which have faced hybrid attacks and incursions into their airspace by unidentified drones and Russian military aircraft. Yesterday, France... 01/10/2025 | 19:03:17 Thank you, Mister Chairman. Ladies and gentlemen, I would like to thank our colleague Mr Eerik-Niiles KROSS for his report, which reminds us that not all Russian citizens support Vladimir PUTIN's authoritarian regime. Many of them would like to see real democracy in Russia. But they still need to be able to express themselves without fear of reprisals. My thoughts are obviously with Mr Vladimir KARA-MURZA. I would like to pay tribute to the work of organisations such as the Anti-War Committee... 30/09/2025 | 19:16:46 Thank you, Mr Chairman. Ladies and gentlemen, First of all, I would like to make it clear that I am speaking in my capacity as Vice-Chairman of the Committee on the Honouring of Obligations and Commitments by Member States of the Council of Europe (Monitoring Committee) to present the Committee's point of view. Naturally, I am delighted with the vitality and intensity of our discussions. This discussion illustrates the quality and intensity of the work within the Monitoring Committee. As the... 10/04/2025 | 17:24:53 Thank you, Mister Chairman. I would like to thank our colleague Mister Zsolt NÉMETH for his draft resolution, which highlights the potential for interconnections between the Council of Europe and the European Political Community to strengthen unity on our continent. Allow me to recall the context in which the European Political Community was created in 2022, on the initiative of French President Emmanuel MACRON. The EPC was created first and foremost in response to Russian aggression against... 10/04/2025 | 16:41:46 Thank you, Mister Chairman. The situation in Gaza is complicated, to say the least, and I regret this. Israeli bombardments have resumed, causing further destruction and many deaths. Just yesterday, an Israeli air strike destroyed a residential building, killing at least 23 people, including eight women and eight children. At the same time, Israeli hostages remain in captivity. A lasting ceasefire necessarily implies the release of all – and I do mean all – hostages held by Hamas. This point... 08/04/2025 | 10:42:20 Thank you, Madam President. Ladies and Gentlemen, First of all, I would like to thank our colleague Ms Zanda KALNIŅA-LUKAŠEVICA for her report. The war of aggression waged by the Russian Federation against Ukraine has been accompanied by new attempts to destabilise Western democracies, particularly on the occasion of elections, as was recently the case in Moldova and Romania. But these destabilisation attempts are not limited to elections. Cyber attacks regularly target public institutions... 07/04/2025 | 16:41:04 Thank you, Madam President. Ladies and Gentlemen, I would like to thank our colleague Ms Petra BAYR for her report on the observation of the elections to the Kosovo Assembly, which sheds light on the conditions in which these elections took place. I am delighted to note that the elections took place in a peaceful and tension-free atmosphere. In addition, Kosovo Serbs took part in the ballot, demonstrating its inclusive nature. These elements testify to Kosovo's commitment to democracy...