20/11/2020 | 09:37:14 I will continue the meeting in English. The first point on our agenda is the exchange of views with Michael ROTH, Minister of State for Europe at the Federal Foreign Office of Germany, Special Representative of the Federal Government for the German Presidency of theCommittee of Ministers of the Council of Europe, Willkommen, Herr ROTH. I think it is a great opportunity to have you on board at the start of the Presidency of the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe. It is the first... 20/11/2020 | 09:34:35 Good morning to all of you from the Chamber in Strasbourg. I am particularly pleased, after almost a year, to be back here in the Chamber. You know that one of the great ambitions on my part and on the part of all of us is to be able to come back in person. When we are going to deal with the changes to the Rules of Procedure to enable us to have the plenary meeting from January onwards, we all hope that it will be in person as far as possible. Members of the Bureau and the Standing Committee... 29/01/2020 | 18:20:08 The vote is open. Vote is closed. Not carried. Not accepted. Dear colleagues, we will now proceed to vote on the draft resolution contained in Document 15024 as amended. The vote is opened. The vote is closed. The resolution is adopted. Thank you. The debate is closed. Thank you. I would like you before starting the debate on the Russian credentials which will be presided over by Mr Andreas NICK, I should inform the Assembly that the Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights, Ms Dunja... 29/01/2020 | 16:32:44 Thank you, Mr Frank SCHWABE for being here. It will be presented by Mr Frank SCHWABE on behalf of the Committee on Political Affairs and Democracy. In order to finish at 18:45, it was 18:30 but we got a lot of amendments, so we'll extended to 18:45, unfortunately, I will interrupt the list of speakers at about 17:50 to allow time for the reply and the vote. If colleagues who intervene would please stick to 3 minutes or even little bit less, that will allow more people at least to express... 29/01/2020 | 16:30:44 Thank you Madam Secretary General. It's 16:31. Unfortunately we have to close the questions. I do wish to share with all of our members that I will look into the working methods in order to in the future try to find a way for more colleagues to be able to put their questions via to the Secretary General or other people addressing the Assembly. Thank you very much, Madam Secretary General. We now must conclude the questions that we had on her behalf. Thank you very much. Colleagues, The next... 29/01/2020 | 15:35:45 Madam Secretary General, Welcome to the Assembly for your first annual communication. Since your election in June last year, the Assembly has had excellent relations with you, and we are grateful for your support for the work on the complementary joint procedure with the Committee of Ministers. As I said in my inaugural speech, we have moved from dialogue to trialogue. Today, we have the opportunity to strengthen this new model of co-operation between the Parliamentary Assembly, the Committee... 29/01/2020 | 12:01:57 Mr President, welcome to the Council of Europe and to our Parliamentary Assembly. This chamber is not unknown to you, as you are one of our former colleagues so basically it's a little bit welcome back home. But importantly it's an honour to see you today as the President of the Republic of Moldova, one of our member states, which will be celebrating its 25th anniversary on the Council of Europe. During these 25 years we have developed excellent cooperation. Council of Europe institutions and... 28/01/2020 | 13:12:20 Thank you, Madame President. This concludes the list of questions. I thank you for your answers. I remind all of the members that two votes are now in progress. One is to select one judge from France to the European Court of Human Rights. The second is to elect a Vice-President of the Assembly in respect of Russia. At 1 p.m. the ballots were suspended. They will re-open at 3:30 p.m. and will close at 5 p.m. Those who have not voted may still do so by going to the area behind the President... 28/01/2020 | 12:00:13 Madam President. It is an immense honour to be able to have you with us here in this Hemicycle today in our beautiful home which houses members of parliament from 47 different countries, united by shared values such as democracy, human rights and the rule of law. Madam President, your country, Georgia, chose a bit more than 20 years ago to become part of this family of values on 27 April 1999, a major step in the constitution of democratic institutions in your country with new importance... 27/01/2020 | 17:01:00 Thank you very much. This brings to an end the questions to Mr ZALKALIANI. I wish to thank you warmly on behalf of the Assembly for your answers this afternoon. So we will now conclude the questions to Mr ZALKALIANI and again I hope that we will meet in the near future because we got some elements to discuss. The Assembly will hold its next sitting tomorrow morning at 10 am with the Agenda that you approved and I also wish to inform you that it is 5:01 p.m. which means that the vote for Vice...