26/06/2024 | 16:44:17 Thank you, Chair. And, dear colleagues, thank you very much for all your interventions, your comments, your questions. Let me also thank our Secretariat Mr Günter SCHIRMER and in particular Mr Guillem CANO PALOMARES for their great contribution and assistance in this report. Now about your questions and your comments, some of them have already been incorporated in the text, namely, for example the new ICC indictments for former defence minister Sergei Shoigu and General Valery Gerasimov. Dear... 26/06/2024 | 10:13:01 Thank you, Mister Chair, Mister Commissioner, dear colleagues, This report is a follow-up report to Mr Damien COTTIER's last year report on the same topic, which led to the Assembly's Resolution 2482. Tragically, the Russian war of aggression against Ukraine continues to cause every day death and destruction, as shown by the intensifying attacks on Kharkiv and eastern Ukraine. According to President Zelenskyy, since the beginning of this June alone, Russia has used more than 2 400 guided... 24/06/2024 | 12:08:44 [the beginning is cut off] ...75 years of the Council of Europe is a big anniversary. We should be proud of all our achievements, but we also should remember the historic context and draw inspiration from that context to face the challenges that we have today. The Council of Europe was founded after the horrors of the Second World War, after national socialism and fascism were defeated, but also confronting the challenges posed at that time by the communist regimes in Eastern Europe and in... 16/04/2024 | 15:17:19 Thank you, Mister President, Dear colleagues, Mr Ruslan STEFANCHUK, Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada, The Committee on Legal Affairs asked the Bureau to be seized for opinion on this report given the potential overlap between this report and my own report on “Legal and human rights aspects of the Russian aggression”, which will also cover the issue of compensation of the damage caused to Ukraine by the Russian aggression. I would like to congratulate Mr Lulzim BASHA for his report, which... 24/01/2024 | 17:56:34 Thank you president, dear colleagues, When I was selected chair of the Group of the European People's Party group a few days ago, I did not imagine that my first intervention would be about not ratifying the credentials of a national delegation. I believe that nobody here was looking forward to this situation. Actually we were all looking forward to the celebration of the 75th anniversary of the Council of Europe by redoubling the efforts of every national delegation in promoting and... 21/06/2023 | 17:50:13 Thank you, Madam President, Let me start by congratulating our four rapporteurs for their work. Now whether we speak of the advantages of integration of migrants and refugees as it is elaborated by Mr Domagoj HAJDUKOVIĆ in his report, or we speak about social inclusion or health protection of undocumented workers, we always come to one crucial point and that is the importance of communities. Strong, resilient and inclusive communities. Because society, well, society is not just the sum of... 26/04/2023 | 19:52:29 Thank you, Chair. Dear colleagues, Let me start by noting the unanimous support of the Committee for the rapporteur's meticulous work in his report on the implementation of judgments of the European Court of Human Rights. The subject is a priority for the Assembly and for the organisation. In that spirit, I am pleased to know that this is also a priority for the preparatory work for the forthcoming summit. In the committee, including our sub-committee on the implementation of the Court... 24/04/2023 | 15:23:20 Thank you, President. Let me start also by thanking Mr Aleksander POCIEJ for his speech on the Warsaw Uprising. Moving to this item of the agenda, let me also thank our two rapporteurs as well as our Group of the European People's Party colleague Mr Joseph O'REILLY, who led the observation mission in Montenegro. Those were really elections that signalled a turning point. Of course I agree with our colleague Mr Stefan SCHENNACH that we need to commend Montenegro for organising elections and a... 26/01/2023 | 11:47:43 Thank you, Mr Chairman. Dear colleagues, Dear Ms Oleksandra MATVIICHUK, Let me start by thanking the rapporteur for his work, as well as the Secretariat for the dedication. This report is based on a motion for a resolution tabled on 17 March 2022, the day after the expulsion of the Russian Federation from the Council of Europe. The Committee on Legal Affairs has examined already some of the aspects covered by this report in an urgent debate report on the Russian Federation's aggression... 25/01/2023 | 16:28:30 Thank you, Chair. Dear colleagues, This is an important issue in itself, but it's even more important given the geopolitical situation we are in now, in Europe. Mr Putin would love to have now a new conflict in the Western Balkans. But I do believe that our colleagues from both Serbia and Kosovo want exactly the contrary: peace and stability. Now, what is the solution? I do believe that the solution is a European one. A European solution is about opening doors. So yes to open the door for...