26/06/2019 | 17:00:13 Thank you Madam Chair. May I start by thanking Sir Roger GALE for all of his hard work on this issue and for trying to ensure that the Council of Europe lives up to its best state and its best values. For us to be able to do that everything we must do must meet three tests. Is it principled? Is it practical? Is it persistent? Because it's the principles that draw us all here today. The principles set out in Article 1 of our statute about greater unity and about the maintenance and further... 25/06/2019 | 18:12:57 Thank you, Chair. I want to start by congratulating Ms Zita GURMAI and Ms Elvira KOVÁCS on some fantastically powerful reports that show what can be done in the Council of Europe to promote equality. Crucially, they are based on fact - not fiction. It is really important in this place that we do not allow fiction and hatred to colour what we do to promote equality. So let me say, loud and clear, to all the many men in this room who stood up so fantastically day today to be allies; nobody is...