24/06/2025 | 17:51:52 Yes. Thank you, sorry. Mr President, dear colleagues, I would like to begin by welcoming the report by our colleague Yelyzaveta YASKO, which sheds light on the crimes perpetrated by the Russian Federation against Ukrainian prisoners of war. The report reveals shocking figures, no doubt largely underestimated, concerning the summary executions, acts of torture, deprivation of medical care and sexual abuse inflicted on prisoners of war by Vladimir PUTIN's regime. These facts have been widely... 08/04/2025 | 10:53:33 Madam President, Dear colleagues, The report by Zanda Kalnina-LukaŠevica addresses the threat posed by foreign interference to democratic security in Europe, and I thank her for it. Foreign interference is a threat to our values of democracy, the rule of law and human rights. First of all, they aim to undermine the fairness of elections. Vote-buying, disinformation and corruption can enable one state to influence the democratic process of another. Foreign powers may finance certain extremist... 16/04/2024 | 19:19:55 Mister Chairman, Ladies and gentlemen, Some debates are particularly important. This is clearly the case today, as we examine Kosovo's application for membership, which has the peculiarity of not being recognised by all Council of Europe member states. Hence the importance of stressing, in order to remove this difficulty, that possible membership does not prejudge the position of each member state with regard to Kosovo's statehood. The peculiarity of the request also stems from the troubled... 24/01/2024 | 18:09:34 Mister Chairman, Dear colleagues, Every member state that joins the Council of Europe undertakes to respect a certain number of rules and duties. This is sometimes difficult and demanding, but it is necessary. The report by our colleague Mr Mogens JENSEN is particularly severe in this respect, noting that 20 years after its accession to the Council of Europe on 25 January 2001, Azerbaijan has not fulfilled the major commitments arising from its membership of the Organisation. On several...