26/01/2021 | 18:48:47 Thank you very much, Mr President. We have been reminded that the difference between the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe and the Committee of Ministers has its origins in the annexation of Crimea, which was contrary to international law. Mr Oleksii GONCHARENKO has, of course, also reminded us of this. We have therefore been struggling for years to strengthen the influence of the Parliamentary Assembly, of freely elected members of parliament, on the work of the Committee of... 10/04/2019 | 19:00:44 In 70 years, the Council of Europe has done a great deal to bolster the rule of law and human rights for 800 million citizens across 47 countries, and I hope that it will continue to do so. I hope that Mr Tiny KOX’s report will help us to find a balance between the Committee of Ministers, the Secretary General and the Parliamentary Assembly. The report sets out a step-by-step approach to dealing with Member States that are in breach of their commitments, so it offers us a way to deal with... 24/01/2019 | 15:55:05 Mr Frank SCHWABE talked about the long history of positive relations between Turkey and the Federal Republic of Germany. That is now possibly behind us, although hopefully it also lies ahead of us. I am sure that our friendship is not that easily shattered. I pay tribute to the extraordinary achievements of Turkey in grappling with the massive inflow of migrants resulting from the civil wars being waged in countries around Turkey. I think we owe our thanks to Turkey. Turkey has a right to... 24/01/2019 | 11:34:42 I thank Mr Andreas NICK for this balanced and sensitive text, which provides a lot of clarity. Mr Trudeau, of course, has referred to appeasement, but the responsibility for this incident lies very clearly with the Russian Federation. The Russian Federation is claiming the Kerch Strait for itself, but it has occupied Crimea. This is why I demand – and we should all collectively demand – that the Russian Federation release the prisoners immediately to avoid any further escalation of the...