24/06/2026 | 18:06:47 Thank you, Mr President. I speak Italian. I, too, would like to congratulate our rapporteurs on the very thorough report they have presented to us. We have just heard a debate on Azerbaijan and now one on Georgia. And we find ourselves in two exactly similar situations: situations in which opponents are repressed and imprisoned, press freedom is curtailed, the independence of the judiciary is compromised, and civil society and public demonstrations are suppressed. In short, all the hallmarks... 23/06/2026 | 18:32:04 Thank you, Mr President. I shall speak in Italian. The world has welcomed the memorandum between the United States and Iran with satisfaction, yet at the very same time, hangings were continuing in Tehran. It is in this contradiction, I believe, that lies the tragedy currently being endured by the Iranian people. At the end of this war, Iran is emerging stronger. We have handed Iran the power to block shipping, which it is already exercising in the Strait of Hormuz. The memorandum provides... 23/06/2026 | 16:51:33 Thank you, Mr President. I speak Italian. Serbia, as we know, is not only the most populous country in the Western Balkans but has always played a central role in that region. What happens in Serbia influences everything that happens and affects the Balkan region as a whole. That is why our Assembly is paying such close attention to what is happening in that country. I would like to thank the rapporteurs for their efforts. In presenting the resolution to us, they have highlighted how Serbia... 23/06/2026 | 11:56:59 Thank you, I speak Italian. I believe we are all deeply concerned by what has been happening in Türkiye over recent weeks. Türkiye is a great country; we are well aware of the important contribution it makes to the work of the Council of Europe, but at the same time we cannot remain silent in the face of events that cause us concern and which constitute a violation of those fundamental rights that form the basis of our Council. In particular, the measures taken against mayors and against the... 23/04/2026 | 12:44:31 Thank you President. But I believe – I thank all those who have spoken – that they have all spoken with one voice. War does not create any solution; on the contrary, it aggravates a condition of chaos and international anarchy, and law is the only compass to give peace and stability to the continent and in the various theatres of conflict today. Rights are inalienable, non-negotiable. That is why we condemned Hamas and condemn the Iranian regime and, for the same reason, we denounce the... 23/04/2026 | 11:24:55 Thank you Mr. President, I will speak in Italian. The entire Middle East, from the Mediterranean to the Persian Gulf, is, as we know, in the throes of a devastating fire, which is causing the entire world anguish over possible catastrophic events. And the lesson we must learn is that, without a political strategy, the unilateral use of force and weapons does not lead to solutions, but sows chaos and increases a condition of international anarchy, as Pope LEO XIV accurately reminded us of. We... 23/04/2026 | 10:43:01 Thank you, President. I will speak in Italian. I thank my colleague Mr Frank SCHWABE for his introduction. We have listened to our Ukrainian friends, who have conveyed to us their anguish, their dramatic situation. They are soon approaching five years since the war started. Five years is how long the First World War and the Second World War lasted. We risk the war in Ukraine lasting even longer. And we all know what a dramatic condition a war causes in families, in people, in the social and... 22/04/2026 | 12:46:46 Thank you President, I really appreciated your speech. My question derives from your speech, because we know that Bosnia and Herzegovina is an entity made up of three communities and two state entities. This division, in the 30 years that separate us from the Dayton Accords, has actually resulted in a rigid ethnic management of all institutions that has often resulted in a paralysis of institutions. How do you intend to overcome these obstacles? You have spoken a lot about it but, concretely... 21/04/2026 | 18:52:03 Thank you, President. First of all, I would like to express my appreciation for the report by Mr Francesco VERDUCCI, which seemed to me to have solid arguments and a framework that we can only agree with. I would like to draw your attention, in the few seconds of my speech, to one of the aspects of discrimination that we are currently experiencing, and that is the uprising of anti-Semitism in many places all over the world. Now, we are well aware that these phenomena of anti-Semitism are very... 20/04/2026 | 12:03:13 Thank you, Mister President. I speak Italian. I would like to thank my colleagues Mr Pablo HISPÁN and Mr Yunus EMRE for their timely reports. I would like to focus my three minutes on a few issues: the first is the elections in Hungary. I believe that we all followed with great attention and also concern the course of those elections, which represented a vote of liberation from the regime that had been established in that country in recent years. There was a very high turnout, a plebiscite...