Substitute
Senator
Rassemblement des démocrates, progressistes et indépendants
Sénat
FR - 75291 - Paris cedex 06
France
Working language: French
22/06/2021 | 09:14:36 Thank you, Mr President. I thank the rapporteur, Mr Roberto RAMPI, whom I greet fraternally for his excellent report. The report was excellent, Democracy is in danger. The Council of Europe had to be able to respond to the needs of the people of Europe and to the needs of the world. I apologise for this perhaps somewhat dramatic tone, but coming from a country where the elections held last Sunday in France saw an abstention rate of 67%, there is cause for concern. Yes, pluralist debate is... 22/04/2021 | 10:46:03 Thank you, Mr President. Ladies and gentlemen, I would like to begin by thanking Mr Jacques MAIRE for his report, which I praise for being both critical and very balanced, and I will continue along these lines. The arrest and detention of Alexei Navalny in January 2021 are in flagrant contradiction with the values that we defend in this Assembly. They are also in flagrant contradiction with the undertakings resulting from membership of the Council of Europe. They are also in contradiction... 21/04/2021 | 12:24:12 Thank you, Mr President. Ladies and gentlemen, Belarus is a blot on the map of Europe. Belarus is a sad blot on the map of Europe. It was the only country that had not signed the European Convention on Human Rights and was therefore not a member of the Council of Europe. It is also the only country that has not yet abolished the death penalty. It is a country, and the two reports that have been presented – and I should like to congratulate Lord David BLENCATHRA and my colleague Alexandra... 28/01/2021 | 12:47:07 Mr President, My dear colleagues, First of all, I would like to thank Mr Boriss CILEVIČS very warmly for his report, which gives us the opportunity to talk about this particularly important subject. It is a sensitive subject at least on two counts: first, because the apprehension by law enforcement agencies of people on ethnic grounds alone constitutes discrimination and goes against our values; it is also sensitive because, as the report points out, ethnic profiling can undermine the... 27/01/2021 | 18:15:38 Thank you President, colleagues, First of all, I would like to thank our colleague Ms Alexandra LOUIS for the quality of her report. The resolution before us rightly emphasises the importance of NGOs, which are an essential component of an open and democratic civil society. Unfortunately, however, the space given to civil society has been shrinking in several Council of Europe member states, in contradiction with the Helsinki Declaration of 17 May 2019. This declaration specifically...
30/04/2021 | Doc. 15209 | Written declaration Magnitsky case: Switzerland should not release suspect funds prematurely 07/01/2021 | Doc. 15209 | Written declaration Magnitsky case: Switzerland should not release suspect funds prematurely 01/10/2020 | Doc. 15155 | Motion for a resolution Poisoning of Alexei Navalny 15/10/2019 | Doc. 14926 | Written declaration The rights of the politically oppressed must be restored in the Republic of Moldova 04/10/2019 | Doc. 14983 | Written declaration The international community must respond to mass arrests and political prosecution in Kazakhstan
22/06/2021 | Doc. 15308, vote on the draft text for resolution Media freedom, public trust and the people’s right to know 22/06/2021 | Doc. 15308, vote on the draft text for recommendation Media freedom, public trust and the people’s right to know 22/04/2021 | Doc. 15270, vote on the draft text for resolution The arrest and detention of Alexei Navalny in January 2021 22/04/2021 | Doc. 15270, vote on the draft text for recommendation The arrest and detention of Alexei Navalny in January 2021 21/04/2021 | Doc. 15253, vote on the draft text for resolution Urgent need for electoral reform in Belarus