27/06/2019 | 17:46:17 Thank you Madam speaker. This report by Mr Emanuelis ZINGERIS is not only a tribute to Mr Nemtsov, but basically it's a report about democracy. Now why am I saying this? Because the check and balance of democracy is the mere existence of opposition. There cannot be democracy without opposition. So Mr Nemtsov was basically a very prominent person in the opposition in one of the countries that are Member of the Council of Europe. In this case the Russian Federation. So if you wish to silence... 24/06/2019 | 16:31:08 The existence of this report, as far as we are concerned, is basically to try to find an effective way of going after a country which does not comply with the rules or regulations, with the principles of this assembly. Some of us think that, until now, whatever we have done is not effective enough. This is why we had a discussion with the Committee of Ministers, indeed, on the initiative of the Finnish Presidency and taking over by the French one, of finding a joint way of taking action... 10/04/2019 | 17:21:55 The Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe welcomes the report, which introduces a new element into the relationship between the Secretary General, the Committee of Ministers and the Assembly. It is quite normal, after 70 years, for us to reassess how we work. The most important thing for the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe is the impact of those three elements of the Council of Europe, jointly or separately, in any given situation. If we are honest with each other, we...