24/06/2026 | 16:38:45 Mr President, my dear colleague, Oleksii, I can fully understand much of what you have said. These are arguments that one hears time and again in the media and in public debate. It is about stability, it is about security, but above all it is about business. Above all, it is about the fact that Azerbaijan has, of course, made tremendous economic progress in recent years. There is no question about that; we do not even need to discuss it. And, of course, it is also practical for us, as... 23/06/2026 | 19:20:26 Mister President, Dear colleagues, But above all, dear Mr Max LUCKS, your contribution and your work have made today’s debate possible – a debate that was absolutely essential, as we are once again demonstrating that the Council of Europe identifies what is happening in the world and, above all, the threats we face in Europe. Dear Mr Jacques PARIS, My colleague has already said this: I, too, will never forget your speech in my lifetime. The insight you have shared with us for our political... 21/04/2026 | 17:43:42 Dear colleagues, Religious freedom is not a comfortable, feel-good issue; it is a stress test, a stress test that we undergo on a daily basis. It forces us to endure contradictions. Diversity versus cohesion, individual freedom versus common rules. Today I would like to speak plainly. Everyone has the right to believe or not to believe. This right stands above political ideologies, above majorities and, above all, above moods. But let's stop fooling ourselves. Religious freedom is not a carte... 29/01/2026 | 11:59:35 Madam President, ladies and gentlemen. I do not want to speak abstractly about Iran here today, but I would like to talk about a person, about a family, and about an example of terrible cruelty that has stayed with me over the last few weeks. A few weeks ago, I stood next to a woman at a demonstration in Dresden. She told me with a shaking voice that her sister who lives in Iran – or should I say, she used to live in Iran – her sister was brutally murdered by the regime. Not in a war, not in...