24/04/2023 | 16:24:06 Well, I have quite a bit of my mandate ahead of me. So at this moment, I haven't decided. You will trust that my mandate was anything but ordinary. I think what has already happened during this mandate, including the summit that is forthcoming, is extraordinary. So, at this moment, I'm very, very busy with preparing everything that is needed from our side. So I would have plenty of time until the time comes to deposit if I'm going to run for the second mandate. Now, for the application that I... 24/04/2023 | 16:16:32 Well, now we are at the stage where an agenda is more or less set, and where deliverables are being decided by our Committee of Ministers. Had this question been put to me a while ago, I would rather have shared with you what I would have liked to see. But now, I think what is important is that we have a summit. Someone mentioned that it is only the fourth summit in our long history of 74 years, and that we did not have a summit in the last 17 years. In that respect, let me from my side... 24/04/2023 | 16:12:38 Thank you very much for mentioning one of the two very important pieces in the area of minorities. One is indeed the one which we are celebrating the 25th anniversary of its entering into force, which is the Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities. The other is also important, the European Charter for Regional and Minority Languages. So let me say that in order to make the work on minorities more efficient and effective, we have reformed the monitoring work of the two... 24/04/2023 | 16:07:43 Thank you for this question. As you say, I can only share your concern and that of all those who have raised this issue. The establishment of an Azerbaijani checkpoint on the Lachin corridor was already questionable, in terms of how free movement was going to go through that corridor. It is certainly a further deterioration of the situation in that area. It certainly does not help in confidence-building and reducing tensions. I made my point clear in December when the Lachin corridor was... 24/01/2023 | 16:30:36 The third question concerning the Western Balkans enlargement to the European Union, and what is the role of the Council of Europe. The Council of Europe has been known since many years, while since this possibility of the Iron Curtain was down, and the possibility for former Eastern and Central European countries for whom, for obvious reasons, it was not possible to join the European Union, the Council of Europe was the first step. Actually, sometimes they called it antichambre, sometimes it... 24/01/2023 | 16:27:11 Now, for Mr Bernard FOURNIER's question: you raised two questions which, from my point of view, are not necessarily linked. One of them was the Twitter accident: I have already set out my position on that. The result that was put on the media, on Twitter, by one working group, by one NGO, is not the official position of the Council of Europe, nor is it my position. Bearing that in mind, I took measures to review just how we work when it comes to how we manage our work with social media. We... 24/01/2023 | 16:24:27 Thank you very much. So starting with the European Political Community. I have to tell you that in my, at least, last half a year of meetings with all the high-level meetings I had, either in Strasbourg or in the member States, I raised with all those who participated in the first EPC meeting, how they see that and what is their appreciation in relation to the Council of Europe. So I think the underlying message was that the EPC is an informal meeting. It has no intention to become an... 24/01/2023 | 16:15:00 Thank you very much. I think for this organisation holding the Summit is the best news that we have. And holding it with the meaning for our citizens across our 46 member states is even more important. So I think, as the rules say, the agenda pertains to the mandate of the Committee of Ministers to decide on that, but, as I mentioned, you will have your say through the report that you will discuss today and the reflection group made its proposal and a number of other documents certainly will... 24/01/2023 | 16:10:23 Well, I can say that I don't disagree with your assessment of the results of the High Level Reflection Group. I think it worked in a very expedient manner, because it was at the moment when I was tasked by the Committee of Ministers to set up the group. It was clear that it is very important and that the Committee of Ministers will partially also take a look into the result of the report of the High Level Reflection Group when deciding whether to take up the Summit or not. So they were really... 24/01/2023 | 16:04:06 As you rightly mentioned, the Russian Federation ceased to be a high contracting party to the European Convention on Human Rights on 16 September. However, all the court cases taken before that and all the future possible cases that may be directed – applications that may be directed – against the Russian Federation of the matter that occurred before 16 September, can be adjudicated by the European Court. So that concerns how the future may bring even more cases, even though the Russian...