25/06/2019 | 16:45:40 Thank you Madam President, dear colleagues, First of all, I would like to congratulate Ms GURMAI and Ms KOVÁCS for the quality of their reports and for their commitment to gender equality. I will highlight what has already been said: the Istanbul Convention is the most comprehensive international instrument to prevent and combat violence against women. That is perhaps why the Convention is so under attack. This is why society must be made aware of the urgent need to prevent and combat... 23/01/2019 | 15:42:27 I congratulate the rapporteurs on the quality of their work. Freedom of the media, freedom of information and freedom of expression are the pillars of democracy. Without free elections, there can be no democracy. Without a free, pluralistic and independent media, there can be no free elections. And without well-informed voters, there is no proper freedom of choice. Troubling signs of repression and the violation of media freedom can be witnessed in a number of Member States, as Mr Tornare...