21/06/2021 | 17:26:53 Jó napot kívánok [Good afternoon in Hungarian] Minister, I have two questions. Starting with the first one, while fully sharing the objective to assure the respect of the rights of persons belonging to the national minorities, I want to ask you how do you intend to conciliate your national position? Because the Fidesz government promotes constantly the concept of the so-called collective rights and territorial autonomy based on ethnic grounds for some other countries. Of course, which... 21/04/2021 | 10:37:23 Thank you very much Mr President. The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, and also the Socialist Group, we are valuing very much the strategic partnership functioning between the Council of Europe and the European Union. And currently, as you know, we are working hard to deepen our strategic partnership, taking into account on one side the historical role of competencies of the Council of Europe in the domains of human rights, democracy and rule of law, and human rights and on... 19/04/2021 | 19:24:37 After reading carefully the draft report and draft resolution, I have discovered important positive parts that I will appreciate. Also at the same time I am saying with regret that some aren't correct, which I will mention immediately. The positive part. It's extremely important to relaunch the attention and Europeans' political commitment concerning the protection of national minorities in a complicated Europe. Secondly, it's important to make reference to these objective European standards... 19/04/2021 | 16:39:00 Yes Mr President. Bun venit la Strasbourg doamnă președintă Madam President, because the issue of the management of the Transnistrian file was already raised I will switch to a distinct question related to the the issue of national identity in the Republic of Moldova which is an essential issue for the development of your country. My question is the following one. Don't you think that any decision of the Constitutional Court in a rule of law state should be fully implemented? For instance, a... 26/01/2021 | 17:35:43 Dear Commissioner, cher Didier, On the rule of law topic I'm not happy at all, but I'm obliged to ask you to look very carefully to act and to react to extremely concerning developments that have already been taking place in my country, Romania, for too long. I will describe this as a syndrome of absolute power. While discussing CVM, you should look at the constant tough and totally undemocratic attacks coming from the government, the president, and politicians in power against, first of all... 25/01/2021 | 12:53:17 Thank you very much, Mr President. Colleagues, first of all, congratulations addressed to both rapporteurs for their work, their reports and, of course, conclusions and recommendations that I entirely share from the beginning. I will focus more on the elections in Georgia in my capacity as rapporteur on Georgia on behalf of the Monitoring Committee together with our French colleague Mr Claude KERN, the other co-rapporteur. These elections took place after an important legislative reform that... 28/01/2020 | 13:03:19 Welcome to Strasbourg, Madame President. As the rapporteur on Georgia, I would like to ask you what are your concrete intentions and envisaged political and constitutional actions to support decisive progress in relation with those commitments assumed 20 years ago by Georgia upon accession especially in the field of the judiciary electoral legislation and the signature and ratification of the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages? I have in mind, for instance, the political... 27/01/2020 | 16:33:22 Thank you. Minister, wishing a successful mandate for the Georgian presidency I want to ask you what are the intentions of the Presidency to take action in relation with a very concerning subject: the constant lack of political will of the Ukrainian authorities to implement the resolutions and the recommendations of our Assembly and the Venice Commission recommendations concerning the very restrictive legislation adopted previously in the field of education in the mother tongue of the... 10/04/2019 | 18:03:36 Honestly, after listening to the colleagues who have spoken previously, I have decided to change my contribution slightly. The title of the report is “Role and mission of the Parliamentary Assembly: main challenges for the future”. I think there is a slight mistake in that title. It should read, “main challenges for the present and the future”. That is because if we are honest about ourselves, this Organisation is not in the best shape, both within the Organisation itself and at the European... 10/04/2019 | 11:10:42 I welcome the initiative taken by both rapporteurs, Ms Elvira KOVÁCS and Mr Goran BEUS RICHEMBERGH, to address in detail the issue of hate speech in society and acts of hatred in sport. Hate speech is a growing scourge, which is poisoning the public debate and fuelling deeper divisions in our societies. Political discourse based on divisive propaganda, especially when promoted during electoral campaigns, is spreading all over Europe like a Trojan horse for overcoming our social cohesion. The...