20/04/2021 | 12:58:28 Thank you, Zsolt. The debate is closed Votes on the resolution and recommendation will take place this afternoon sharp at 2 p.m., which will be a few seconds after the closure of the voting on the judges. So once again, those who did not vote yet on the judges, please do so. It will stop sharp at 2pm and then I suppose, Tiny, at 2 p.m. and two seconds or something like that, we will start voting on the amendments. Thanks to the Chair of the Committee. Many thanks to you as a rapporteur... 20/04/2021 | 12:49:51 Thank you very much. Unfortunately we now have to interrupt the list of speakers due to time constraints. We did manage to have 28 out of 38 which is a lot. The speeches of members on the speaker's list who have been present physically or remotely during the debate but have not been able to speak may be given to the table office for publication in the official report, of course provided that speakers who are connected remotely can report their actual presence when the debate is closed. I... 20/04/2021 | 11:12:36 This is something which is not allowed in the Assembly. We do not allow for any country.. Mr GONCHARENKO, may I ask you to stop. Okay, can someone please go? This is incredible. OK. I would like you to stop now. Okay. Stop now. Do not force me to ask you to leave the room. Thank you. Thank you. Okay, may I ask to please ask Mr Oleksii GONCHARENKO to leave the room? Enough. Please. Please, Mr Oleksii GONCHARENKO. Well, I will be extremely clear! This is not the first time that you in an... 20/04/2021 | 11:01:33 Thank you Mr Tiny KOX. Can you come in front, since you're the rapporteur? Let's try to function as, between brackets, normal as physically possible. Where is Pavel? Come on guy, you have to be here too. Okay. Dear colleagues, now the next item of business this morning is the debate on the report with the title the Assembly's vision on the strategic priorities for the Council of Europe. It will be presented by Mr Tiny KOX on behalf of the Committee on Political Affairs and Democracy. Thank... 20/04/2021 | 11:00:14 Thank you, Madam Merkel, for your words. We do believe in multilateralism. I hear a bit of, as a Belgian, of the Harmel Doctrine: you keep on talking until you agree to solve problems, and as I said, in my introduction, I would rather be on the side of the solutions instead of staying on the side of the problems. Thank you very, very much. You still have some time in your Presidency. I see your ambassador down here so probably, Mr Rolf Mafael, I will try to find a way to sneak into Germany... 20/04/2021 | 10:37:19 Thank you. We will now go back to Lord David BLENCATHRA. Madam Chancellor, if I may recall the question of Mr Olivier BECHT concerning the Covid passport, if you would have a reflection on that since we had a debate on the issue before you were with us? Now we go to Lord David BLENCATHRA. I hope he is online. Okay. He's requesting to speak. I hope we are not hacked Madam Chancellor. You never know. David, where are you? No. So apparently we got a connection problem with the UK. So we will... 20/04/2021 | 10:18:54 Thank you, Madam Chancellor. My uncle, who was a mayor for more than 36 years used to say, "I cannot answer all the questions on the same day". So, we will see what we can do on that one. Thank you for your address. I also specifically thank you for raising the Istanbul Convention. I can tell you that this will be in the coming months an absolute priority of the Presidency in order to convince those who signed and did not ratify it to do so, but also the get more countries on board concerning... 20/04/2021 | 10:03:23 However be it remotely, it is obviously an honour to welcome you again to the Parliamentary Assembly. Indeed, you addressed our assembly in April 2008, where you highlighted its vital contribution towards unity and common understanding in the defence of the principles of democracy, human rights, peace, justice and solidarity. Indeed, it is only by working together that we can tackle these challenges. It is better, as I said yesterday, it is better to become part of the solution instead of... 20/04/2021 | 09:52:41 Thank you. We come to the end of our current affairs debate. May I remind you that the Assembly is not asked to decide on any text. However, among demand it might be referred by the Bureau of the Assembly to the responsible Committee for a report. The next point on the agenda will be the allocation of the address of Ms Angela MERKEL , which will start at 10 o'clock, so we've got a few minutes. Those who are still outside please come in. May I also recall each and everyone of you that the... 20/04/2021 | 09:05:58 Dear colleagues the sitting is open. I just wanted to make a small remark at the start. I've seen yesterday that at some point of time colleagues asked for the floor for a point of order. May I remind everyone that a point of order is on procedural questions and that it is not some kind of an opportunity to have a political statement. So if any one of the colleagues here or online wishes to have a point of order the moment they go into substantial issues, with all due respect, I will let's...