28/04/2022 | 17:43:25 Yes, thank you, Mr President. I understand what the author of the amendment is denouncing. Except that when we look at the facts, we are saying that the Assembly is sensitive to the criticisms of the institutions that have not been able to respond to the different challenges, but that, at the same time, these criticisms are the result of a manipulation. The way it is written, we cannot accept the idea that the criticism is the result of manipulation. I believe that we must recognise that our... 28/04/2022 | 17:23:43 Thank you, Mr President. I would like to thank all those who have spoken on this subject. I have heard congratulations and I am very sensitive to your positive remarks. I have also heard constructive remarks, remarks that tended to improve the scope of this motion for a resolution and report. I believe that we must be very careful in this matter. You will have noticed that at no time did I mention any country in the negative examples. I just mentioned, of course, Russia's aggression in... 28/04/2022 | 15:32:47 Thank you, Mr President. Dear colleagues, Mr Chairman of the Committee, Mr Rapporteur of the Committee on Legal Affairs and Human Rights, First of all, I would like to thank the colleagues who were at the origin of this report – I am thinking of Mr Piero FASSINO – and all those who have contributed to drawing it up: the Venice Commission, of course, but also the Secretariat of the Committee. This report was born out of a difficult observation: democracy is in clear decline in the world and in... 28/04/2022 | 12:44:47 Thank you, Mr President, Mr Rapporteur, Dear colleagues, Since the totally unjustified armed aggression by the Russian Federation against Ukraine on 24 February, Europe has been confronted with a dramatic situation that brings back the darkest memories of our history. Accusations of abuses by the Russian army are multiplying. Should we speak of war crimes, crimes against humanity or genocide? It is still too early to decide and the International Criminal Court will do so, but it is already... 27/04/2022 | 18:12:53 Thank you, Madam President. First of all, I would like to congratulate the rapporteur, Mr André VALLINI, for his report, which attests to a serious and well-documented work. I thank him for it. Organised crime and corruption divert huge amounts of money from legal channels. Current events in Ukraine have reminded us of the excessiveness of this phenomenon. The fortunes accumulated in a dubious manner by Russian oligarchs were estimated by Forbes magazine at 290 billion dollars at the... 15/03/2022 | 16:55:58 Thank you, Mister President, Madam Rapporteur. Dear colleagues, Since the totally unjustified armed aggression of the Russian Federation against Ukraine on 24 February, Europe has been confronted with an extremely serious situation that brings back the darkest memories and the fear of a conflagration on our continent. The conflict between two of our member States is dramatic. Civilian victims are counted in the hundreds, migrants in the hundreds of thousands, if not millions. Cities are... 26/01/2022 | 12:05:40 Thank you, Madam President, Mr Rapporteur, Mr Mr Carlos Alberto GONÇALVES, Dear colleagues, The world of sport has been hit very hard by the Covid-19 pandemic, whether it be high-level competitions that have been cancelled or postponed, or amateur sports that have been made impossible because of confinements or restrictions on access to sports facilities. The consequences of this upheaval are multiple. All categories are concerned. Athletes are particularly affected because they can no longer... 25/01/2022 | 17:59:15 Thank you, Mr President, and my sincere congratulations on your election. Mr President, Ms ENGBLOM, My dear colleagues, The traditional role of the media is to disseminate information and knowledge to the general public. They are an essential part of the democratic process because, by relaying the different points of view with which facts are examined and by explaining them, they enable citizens to better understand the issues and encourage support for the decisions taken by the authorities... 28/09/2021 | 19:09:30 Thank you, Mister President. Ladies and gentlemen, I call rapporteur Ms Béatrice FRESKO-ROLFO. The report that you are presenting on the fight against so-called "honour crimes" deals with a painful subject that is poorly assessed because of the lack of official statistics. These crimes, most often perpetrated within the family, are characterised by the desire to enforce a so-called "honour" code. They include murder, kidnapping, abduction, torture, mutilation, forced suicide, forced marriage... 20/04/2021 | 11:22:05 Thank you, Mr President. I thank the rapporteur for his report. The report you are presenting is of great importance as it constitutes the Parliamentary Assembly's contribution to the forthcoming ministerial session of the Committee of Ministers scheduled for May 2021, at which the ministers are expected to discuss the Council of Europe's strategic framework, based on the Secretary General's proposals. As a statutory body bringing together representatives of all national parliaments of the...