26/01/2021 | 17:24:19 Mister Commissioner, dear Didier, if I may say so, Democracy, the rule of law and human rights are fundamental values that are the very essence of the European project. In this respect, I welcome your efforts with regard to my country, Poland. Although the Council of Europe has gained recognised experience in this field, with the mechanism of the European Convention on Human Rights, the European Union also has an important role to play in this area. In this respect, I welcome the willingness... 26/01/2021 | 16:22:53 Minister, On behalf of the Group of the European People's Party, thank you for your presentation. Over the past year, the COVID-19 pandemic has turned our lives upside down. But the health crisis should not make us forget the other challenges we are currently facing, such as global warming, the terrorist threat or the related migration challenge. At a time when democracy and human rights are being called into question, including in Europe, the German presidency has made these issues its top... 25/01/2021 | 16:26:36 Mr President, Madam Secretary General, I am going to ask three questions in my speech: the arrest of Alexei Navalny, the disproportionate use of force to crack down on demonstrations, the arrest of his wife and hundreds of opponents. What do you intend to do and what steps will you take, Madam Secretary General, in this regard? Two current affairs debates did not find a space on the agenda during our session: "Unjustifiable delay in repatriation of the Armenian prisoners of war and other... 25/01/2021 | 12:43:44 Thank you, Mr President. Ladies and gentlemen, dear colleagues, Sorry for the technical problems. I will focus on the subject of the elections in Georgia. Georgia has undergone important developments in recent years. While discussions are under way with the Russian Federation on further economic integration of the successionist region of Abkhazia, I would like to reiterate our full support for the territorial integrity and sovereignty of Georgia. The establishment of strong institutions and... 20/11/2020 | 15:56:01 Mr President, Dear Colleagues, On behalf of the PPE Group, I would like to thank my colleague, Mrs Ingjerd SCHOU, for the quality of her work and her proposals and I also congratulate the work of the Commission secretariat. This report deals with an issue that is at the heart of our concerns as Members of this House. I fully share the objectives sought: performance, efficiency and clarity of the rules. The Monitoring Committee will have greater autonomy to carry out a periodic review. I agree... 20/11/2020 | 15:10:00 Thank you President. Many things for Mr Frank SCHWABE. This is very quick, excellent work. Of course possible due to excellent work of the staff of the Committee. I must also underline the excellent cooperation of the Presidential Committee and the excellent atmosphere which allowed us to react quickly. I was probably the first one during the Presidential Committee as the President of the Group of the European People's Party to put forward this idea of a hybrid meeting. Of course I fully... 20/11/2020 | 11:11:35 Hello and thank you very much. Mr President, The issue of the proper execution of the judgments of the European Court of Human Rights is not new and, of course, it is very important. However, it is rather a subject for the Parliamentary Assembly and especially for the Committee of Ministers. For you, Mr President, I have questions about the functioning of the Court. For nine months, since 5 February 2020, we have been waiting for the verdict in the case of Andri Ástráðsson against Iceland... 20/11/2020 | 10:01:49 Minister, On behalf of the PPE Group, I would like to thank you for this presentation. I would like to take this opportunity to thank the Greek President, who has done an outstanding job despite the many challenges we have faced. We all very much regret not being able to work in Greece surrounded by the cultural actors and actresses of Europe. Mr Minister, It should be noted that the management of the crisis by some States is leading to the weakening of democratic systems. It is time to... 31/01/2020 | 10:32:23 Mister President, thank you very much for noticing the existence of our group. Yes, I know it was the replacement and you are absolutely excused. First of all I would like to thank Mr Frithjof SCHMIDT. This is a very, very important topic. This is something which is really, really undermining our political life. Sure, a country may undermine democracy by their own actions. We can see many examples of this among European continent but here we have something even worse. This is the... 30/01/2020 | 11:31:31 Thank you, Chair. Ms Thorhildur Sunna ÆVARSDÓTTIR, I'm terribly sorry that before I congratulate, I have to answer to our colleague Mr John HOWELL of the European Conservatives Group. You spoke about the problem that in some post-Soviet countries there are no changes after the communist system and in others, like Azerbaijan, those changes are too deep and anti-democratic. Probably you did not understand a word from the discussion about Poland. We had a very good system, which now this...