30/09/2025 | 11:07:22 Thank you, ladies and gentlemen. We shall now resume our sitting. The next item is our topical debate on democracy, the rule of law and inclusive dialogue in Türkiye. I remind you that the speaking time for each speaker is set at two minutes, with the exception of the first speaker, designated by the Bureau, who has seven minutes. Mr Stefan SCHENNACH, appointed by the Bureau, has the floor to open the debate. Mr Stefan SCHENNACH, you have seven minutes to introduce the debate and three... 25/06/2025 | 18:53:59 Thank you, Mr Chairman. Dear Colleagues, The report by Mr Pierre-Alain FRIDEZ, adopted by the Social, Health and Sustainable Development Committee, calls for a number of comments. Firstly, while the title of the report adopts a general perspective, as does the draft resolution, which makes recommendations to all Council of Europe member states, the explanatory memorandum is particularly critical of France. Why not? But it is at odds with the stated aim of the report. The report focuses... 25/06/2025 | 17:50:23 Thank you, Mr Chairman. Ladies and gentlemen, first of all, I would like to thank you for the quality and seriousness of the debate we have just had. This is a profoundly difficult subject, fraught with emotion, suffering and division. But that's precisely why our exchange today is necessary. I would like to thank each and every one of you for your commitment, your frankness, your words and your sense of responsibility. I would first like to thank our rapporteur, Ms Ingjerd Schie SCHOU, for... 24/06/2025 | 18:16:04 Mister Chairman, Thank you for giving me the floor. Dear colleagues, On behalf of the Committee on Political Affairs and Democracy, I would like to thank Ms Yelyzaveta YASKO for her excellent work in completing this excellent report, and Ms Rian VOGELS for her opinion. I would also like to thank the colleagues who have just spoken for all the comments they have brought to the debate. As we have heard today, the situation of Ukrainian prisoners of war is dramatic. The appalling conditions of... 24/06/2025 | 10:35:37 Thank you, Mr President. Ladies and Gentlemen, In the face of today's threats to the independence of the European Court of Human Rights, we have a collective responsibility. It is our responsibility to stand firm in defending the Convention system, the cornerstone of our shared commitment to the Council of Europe. The recent criticisms of the Court's jurisprudence, notably by European leaders, are not insignificant. They are part of a dangerous political strategy which, under the guise of... 10/04/2025 | 19:08:04 Thank you, Madam Chairman. Ladies and gentlemen, Mister rapporteur, On behalf of the Political Affairs and Democracy Committee, I would like to thank Mr Antonio GUTIÉRREZ LIMONES for the excellent work he has done to complete his report. I would also like to thank the President of the Mexican Senate, Mr Gerardo Rodolfo FERNÁNDEZ NOROÑA, for joining us online and for his speech. Finally, I'd like to thank the colleagues who have just spoken for all the comments they have brought to the debate... 10/04/2025 | 17:53:33 Thank you, Mister Chairman and rapporteur. Ladies and gentlemen, On behalf of the Committee on Political Affairs and Democracy, I would like to thank Mr Zsolt NÉMETH for his work in presenting this excellent report. I would also like to thank the colleagues who have just spoken for their comments on the debate. This debate comes at a pivotal moment for our continent. Russia's war of aggression against Ukraine has profoundly altered the geopolitical landscape of Europe. Against this backdrop... 10/04/2025 | 12:15:20 Thank you, Mister Chairman. Mister Chairman, Mister rapporteur, Ladies and gentlemen, I take the floor today on behalf of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe to express our firm support for the European Union's accession to the European Convention on Human Rights. This is a commitment that our Assembly has held for decades, since the 1980s, and which the rigorous and lucid report by our colleague Mr Titus CORLĂŢEAN has today forcefully revived. As the report reminds us, this... 09/04/2025 | 19:28:29 Thank you, Madam President. Ladies and gentlemen, The year 2025 marks the 75th-fifth anniversary of the European Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms, and in view of the news reaching us from across the globe, it has never been more necessary. It is our foundation, it is our honour, as Europeans, to remain constant at a time when the historic cycle opened after the horrors of the Second World War seems set to close. Article 46 of the European Convention on... 30/01/2025 | 12:41:05 Thank you, Madam Chairman. Dear colleagues, On behalf of the Political Affairs and Democracy Committee, I would first like to thank Ms Miapetra KUMPULA-NATRI for the excellent work she has done to complete this excellent report in such a short space of time. I would also like to thank the colleagues who have just spoken, for all the comments they have brought to the debate. We all wish there had been no need for another urgent debate on a just and lasting peace in Ukraine, but the fact that...