21/06/2021 | 19:59:15 (Undelivered speech, Rules of Procedure Art. 31.2) Dear Colleagues, I would like to thank Mr Boriss Cilevičs for his Report on this very important issue. In a true and vigorous democracy, the ability of politicians to fulfill their mandate freely and independently, regardless of affiliation or ideology, is crucial. This principle is of particular importance to all elected officials and vital to Parliamentarians who represent their constituents’ values, needs and interests. They are expected... 21/04/2021 | 18:22:07 Dear Colleagues, First of all I would like to congratulate the rapporteur Ms Martine WONNER for her excellent work and comprehensive report on this very sensitive issue. As described in this report, the many direct and indirect effects of these illnesses undeniably impair the quality of life of affected individuals, limiting their full participation, in equal social life as citizens, in all sectors of society and rendering them more susceptible to discrimination and inequality. And the more... 26/01/2021 | 10:34:07 Thank you, Mr President. First of all I would like to thank all the colleagues who gave their consent and congratulate the excellent work mostly made by the team of the people working in Strasbourg whose assistance was exceptional to me and for which I thank them all. I fully agree that the crucial obligation is an effective execution of the judgments as rightly said by Mr Damien COTTIER. The prominent speaker on behalf of the ECDA group had rightly raised that the core part of the very... 26/01/2021 | 09:07:12 Good morning. Good morning Mr President. Good morning to all colleagues from Cyprus. This is the tenth time the Assembly is debating a report on the implementation of judgements of the European Court of Human Rights. We all know that since 2000, this Chamber has taken a close interest in the implementation of the Court's judgments, even if from a standpoint of the Convention. This matter, is above all, the responsibility of the Committee of Ministers. In particular, the Assembly has always... 22/01/2019 | 18:30:14 The Committee on Culture, Science, Education and Media welcomes and endorses the rapporteur’s report and would like to add the following. As Plato said, there is no point in talking about law or justice unless you place it in the context of a society. The protection of human rights and the prevalence of the rule of law are the pillars of our European society, which embraces all Europeans and is based on democracy and freedom. This is, in our opinion, the correct and meaningful interpretation...