07/04/2025 | 16:07:25 Can you hear me now? Yes, I think you can. Thank you very much. Thank you, President. I am going to use the language of Cervantes, i.e. Spanish. First of all, my thanks to the Commissioner, thank you very much, indeed, for your presentation. As always, it has been very interesting. What I wanted to raise with you is the following: I am so sorry, I am looking at my speech here. We are here in the home, the house, of the Council of Europe, and as always, we are here to defend the rule of law... 31/01/2025 | 10:50:39 Thank you very much indeed, President, and thank you to all of the speakers who took the floor for their contributions. I can assure you that I listened to you all of you very carefully indeed, and I think that everybody basically agreed that this is a report that needs to be put into practice. I do want to pick up on something that some speakers said. Not all are fully suppprtove of the report, but remind you that this pandemic upended the world. We were all very worried, many of us were... 31/01/2025 | 10:03:42 Thank you. Thank you, President. Dear colleagues, I am going to be speaking in the language of Cervantes – Spanish – my mother tongue. It is a real honour for me, to share with you, this report on "Long Covid" and access to the right to health, which is an acute challenge for our health systems, as well as the lives of many people throughout Europe and the wider world. Although many people think that the pandemic is now behind us, for at least 20 million people in Europe the impact of Covid... 01/10/2024 | 13:03:22 (Undelivered speech, Rules of Procedure Art. 31.2) My congratulations to Mr. Stefan Schennach for his excellent report. In recent years, the society has witnessed the worrying increase of Fake News that cause a great wave of rumours and manipulations in various areas, such as conflicts like Russia's war against Ukraine or the COVID 19 pandemic and anti-vaccines. We live in a digital world that offers advantages but also presents challenges, since anyone can publish on social networks and... 27/06/2024 | 18:30:20 Thank you very much, President. What is unfolding in Gaza comes about as the result of a historical and complex conflict. But the most recent escalations started on 7 October, when more than 1 200 members of the terrorist group Hamas entered Israel and killed more than 1 000 innocent people in their own homes as well as at the Nova International Music Festival, which was being attended by thousands of young people from around the world. At that point in time, Hamas kidnapped and held hostage... 26/01/2024 | 11:01:13 Thank you very much, President. I would like to thank Mr Pierre-Alain FRIDEZ for this excellent report in which he describes in a detailed fashion what child abuse is in institutions and the need for proper and just reparations for the girls and boys who have fallen victim, without stigmatising institutions or countries. I am encouraged that we are speaking about an issue that has caused considerable harm to millions of people throughout the world and unfortunately continues to do so. Child... 13/10/2023 | 11:54:01 Thank you very much indeed, madam President. I would like to congratulate the authors of both reports but I am going to be speaking particularly about mental health. But these are two excellent reports. Now, young people need people around them to provide them with security and a sense of self esteem. And their mental wellbeing can be harmed by the chronic circumstances in which they live. Violence in their schools, in their communities, the ready availability of illicit substances, as well... 27/04/2023 | 15:42:15 Thank you, Mister President. I am going to speak in Spanish. Good afternoon, dear colleagues. I would like to begin by praising Mr Paulo PISCO for his well-documented report on deportations and forcible transfers of Ukrainian civilians and, above all, for emphasising the dramatic situation faced by Ukrainian children being deported and forcibly transferred to Russia or to Ukrainian territories occupied by Russia. Given this tragedy, it is a pleasure for me to share the analyses and... 14/10/2022 | 11:14:12 Madam President, honourable colleagues, The Committee on Social Affairs, Health and Sustainable Development welcomes the excellent report prepared by Ms Thórhildur Sunna ÆVARSDÓTTIR on behalf of the Committee on Legal Affairs and Human Rights. I would like to congratulate the rapporteur for her excellent work on this subject. It is careful, it is a report that is well-argued. I would particularly like to extend my thanks to her for the good cooperation that we have had in the preparation... 13/10/2022 | 13:13:21 (Undelivered speech, Rules of Procedure Art. 31.2) It has been 8 long months since Russia invaded Ukraine, the terrible consequences are thousands of deaths, homes destroyed, human rights violations, and an escalation of horrors that does not seem to end. I want to show my solidarity and admiration with the people of Ukraine and their President, whom we have heard today in this House, for their determination and courage to defend their country, and to show my gratitude because they are not...