29/09/2021 | 12:36:13 Thank you very much, Madam President. First of all, I want to thank the speakers for their support and comments on my report. In particular, I would like to thank Mr Boriss CILEVIČS for his support on behalf of the Legal Affairs Committee. He has submitted a number of amendments that I support and has thus made a real contribution to improving the report. Thank you very much, Mr CILEVIČS. Ms. Yelyzaveta YASKO from Ukraine spoke about human rights that are related to environmental rights. This... 29/09/2021 | 10:08:31 Mister President, Ladies and gentlemen, First of all, I would like to warmly thank and congratulate my fellow rapporteurs today. This historic day marks the return of the environment to the heart of the Council of Europe's mandate. This is excellent news for our Organisation. Today, we are making a strong statement: the climate crisis is at the heart of our concerns. The young people who are tirelessly demonstrating for the climate have asked us to do so. We have heard their anger; we know... 22/06/2021 | 12:19:56 Thank you, Mister President. Dear colleagues, First of all, I thank the rapporteur, Mr Damien COTTIER, and the rapporteur of the opinion, Ms Carmen LEYTE, for their work. The Covid-19 passport system, which would allow the lifting of restrictions for people who have been vaccinated, who have already been ill or who have tested negative, is a positive measure, in my opinion. We all need to get back to normal life. I am therefore in favour of a certificate such as the one the European Union has... 27/01/2020 | 15:16:10 Thank you, Chair. As a member of the BAC delegation to observe the elections in Belarus I would like to thank Lord David BLENCATHRA, head of the delegation and all the members of the team who supported us in the observation mission. I followed the electoral process in Minsk and Krupki and in some rural areas surrounding the capital. The reception was friendly except at the polling station where we observed the closing and counting procedures, where clearly we weren't expected or welcome... 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...