29/09/2026 | 18:30:14 Dear colleagues, I want to thank Lord Leslie GRIFFITHS for this important resolution, especially for focusing on the youth. Across Europe, millions of people live between cultures, languages and traditions. They are migrants, refugees, exiles, members of long-established diaspora communities. Too often, public debate on immigration focuses on the challenges of integration. We should instead recognise and celebrate the innovative spaces that diasporas create. Diasporas enrich our societies... 29/09/2026 | 16:57:09 Mister President, Dear colleagues, Across Europe, the number of veterans is growing. Nowhere is this more evident than in Ukraine, where hundreds of thousands of veterans are already navigating the difficult transition from military service to civilian life, carrying the lasting physical and psychological consequences of war. After asking people to defend our democracies, our values, our freedoms and our security, we must be prepared to guarantee them dignity, opportunity and support when... 23/06/2026 | 18:39:15 Thank you, Chair. Colleagues, we are all horrified by this violent situation in Iran, where we witnessed horrific repression of protests, arbitrary detentions, torture, the killing of civilians, hostage taking, alongside digital and landline blackouts designed to silence the voices of ordinary people by the cowardly Iranian regime. We must demand the release of all those who have been arrested for protesting and a stop to the horrifying executions. We must stand firmly with the Iranian people... 28/01/2026 | 17:01:32 Thank you, Chair, Dear colleagues, The agreement of a ceasefire in Gaza in October should have been a first step forward, creating the conditions for long-term peace, and relief for both the families of the hostages still held by the Hamas terror group, and for the millions of Gazans whose lives, homes and communities were devastated by the Israeli Government’s military campaign. And yet, Gaza effectively remains under siege, under occupation, with aid restricted. Starvation continues... 28/01/2026 | 13:15:57 Undelivered speech, Rules of Procedure Art. 31.2. Public trust in the institutions that are there to support and protect our rights, confidence in our electoral systems and the widening of participation in the democratic processes, are the foundations that prevent democratic backsliding. The young generations are central to democratic renewal, and their participation in democracy is fundamental in fostering a sense of belonging, a sense of place and civic pride. As policy makers we must... 24/06/2025 | 17:46:31 Thank you, Chair. And thank you to the rapporteurs for their important work. Russia's illegal invasion of Ukraine is an assault on the very foundations of international law, human rights and on the principle that borders cannot and must not be redrawn by brute force. Those of us who believe in democracy and the rule of law have a duty to stand with Ukraine and support the Ukrainian resistance against PUTIN's barbarism. We have once again seen Russian attacks on homes and civilian...