23/06/2022 | 19:43:32 Thank you, Madam President. After this high-level debate, sometimes with philosophical approaches, I would like to thank all the speakers who have understood the difficulty of the subjects, so much so that their remarks have been relevant and sometimes passionate. The number of participants at the end of the day proves the importance of the subject. It is obvious that today, there is a fact: that those who have a maximum of information on the populations of this world hold the power. That is... 23/06/2022 | 18:27:33 Thank you, Madam President. I have Jacques Maire's badge here, if someone can tell him. A short announcement to begin with. Dear Colleagues, At the end of a long stretch of work, we arrive this evening at the presentation of a draft resolution on a very topical subject. Is there a need for control of online communication? If so, can this control become a threat to media pluralism, freedom of information and human dignity? I have jumped on the bandwagon since the first rapporteur was Mr Sos... 23/06/2022 | 10:52:10 Thank you, Mr President. Distinguished colleagues, At the outset, I should like to thank the rapporteurs Mr. Bernard FOURNIER and Mr. George LOUCAIDES for their work aimed at the values of the Council of Europe being upheld in Malta. As the previous speaker said, the assassination of Daphne Caruana Galizia, a journalist, is absolutely terrible and a number of reports have been tabled on this topic. There's not just a culture of impunity: there's an institutional omertà. PACE and the Venice... 21/06/2022 | 10:27:34 Thank you, Mr President. Mr rapporteur, Dear colleagues, The European security context has become much more acute in recent years. After terrorism, migratory crises and computer interference in electoral processes, the Russian Federation's aggression against Ukraine on 24 February this year has finally destabilised the multilateral balance of our continent. We cannot be insensitive to the passionate intervention of our Ukrainian colleague: it is a call for help. As we can see, international... 28/04/2022 | 16:17:32 Thank you, Mr President. Dear colleagues, First of all, allow me to congratulate our colleague Ms Marie-Christine DALLOZ for her excellent work. What is a "true" democracy and how to protect it are two crucial questions because the questioning of democratic principles is a phenomenon that is growing all over the world and Europe is unfortunately not spared. The upheavals of recent decades, such as migration flows, increasing inequalities, and economic, social and environmental crises are... 25/04/2022 | 18:45:20 Thank you, Mister President. Mister Rapporteur, Dear colleagues, The development of information technology in recent decades has made pornographic content easily accessible. Many children, who are heavy Internet users, are exposed, sometimes accidentally, to this content which is harmful to their psychological development. This phenomenon leads to the trivialization of sexist stereotypes and socially unacceptable behavior. Today, law enforcement agencies are reporting a dramatic increase in... 15/03/2022 | 19:02:13 Thank you, President. Dear colleagues, The totally unjustified armed attack by the Russian Federation on Ukraine on 24 February 2022 has plunged Europe into a situation of extreme gravity. As an elected representative of a territory particularly traumatized by the horrors of the two world wars of the 20th century, I am both stunned by the resurgence of such a threat and determined to do everything in my power to avoid the downfall of our continent. Indeed, we in Alsace experienced the... 25/01/2022 | 18:13:35 Thank you, Mr President. Madam Rapporteur, Dear colleagues, As my colleague Ms Marie-Christine DALLOZ has just mentioned, the media fulfil functions of dissemination of information and transmission of knowledge. By collecting, sharing and explaining different points of view with which facts are examined, they enable the general public to understand the issues at stake in our societies, especially in times of crisis. Their contribution to democratic processes is therefore essential. The... 29/09/2021 | 10:21:01 Thank you, Mister President. Dear colleagues, Ladies and gentlemen, rapporteurs, On behalf of the EPP Group, I would first like to thank you all for your respective insights into the various aspects of the impact of climate change on human rights. The successive disasters that have occurred this summer have shown – if it were still necessary – that this subject is a priority. Floods, landslides, heatwaves, fires, hurricanes: all regions of the world are now affected, and the fight against... 21/04/2021 | 17:40:44 Thank you, Mister President. Ladies and gentlemen, Madam rapporteur, dear Martine WONNER, First of all, I would like to thank you for your work, which has the particular merit of drawing our attention to a situation that is relatively little taken into account in public policies, even though it affects one third of the European population. As you pointed out, chronic and long-term illnesses are the main causes of mortality and constitute obstacles to the dignity, well-being and individual...