01/10/2025 | 19:31:26 Dear President, dear colleagues, I did not subscribe for speaking for this important topic because I thought that this discussion would strengthen our Assembly and would create a unanimity that would make us walk harmoniously out of this House. I see this is not happening and I see the division in this House, and this harms us. I congratulate the Rapporteur for the idea. I congratulate you for strengthening it. I congratulate Mr Tiny KOX, the president who initiated this whole debate several... 30/09/2025 | 15:45:26 Thank you so much, President. Dear Ms Despina CHATZIVASSILIOU, On behalf of all the liberals from my group and from all the other groups, I congratulate you for your re-election. We are very happy for that. And because I have forgotten the Greek I have learned during my theological studies during high school, I have asked artificial intelligence what your name means. And the answer is that it means the great lady of the house. In other words, it is associated with the following values... 29/09/2025 | 12:02:27 Thank you, President, Secretary General, former presidents of this Assembly, dear Ambassadors, representatives of the Russian forces in exile, dear Vladimir KARA-MURZA, dear Abbott, Father Ephraim, Father Elias from Vatopedi and Simonos Petra, all of you. It's been an honour to chair the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe delegation that observed Poland's presidential election on 18 May and 1 June 2025. We paid a pre-electoral visit in May. During the two rounds of elections... 25/06/2025 | 22:38:38 President Zelenskyy, You are the great defender of the free world and of Europe. And we've been talking about you so many times. We've been following you, fighting for your country and also for the sake of the whole European human rights protectors, rule of law and democracy. It's fantastic to see you here. I'm very privileged that I can address you this question on behalf of the liberal group and where, by the way, most of the Ukrainian delegation are sitting. And I'm very privileged that... 09/04/2025 | 18:33:09 Thank you so much, Madam Chair. Thank you all of you for these fantastic contributions, and I am so happy that all of you have touched upon the most important topic: justice and a just peace. And I am very happy that we've been going through supporting the Register of Damage we're about to have done, the Special Tribunal, and we're working on the compensation mechanism. And now I want to turn to you, Ms Sevim DAĞDELEN. We are all here in order to tackle and to address all the sufferings in... 09/04/2025 | 17:24:59 Thank you so much, Mister Chair. Dear colleagues, More than 11 years after the beginning of the Russian war of aggression against Ukraine began, and more than three years after the launch of the full-scale invasion of the Bucha massacre, the Assembly must reaffirm again the need to ensure accountability and to fight against impunity for the serious violations of international law and crimes committed by the aggressor, which have caused so much death, suffering and damage to Ukraine and its... 07/04/2025 | 12:18:58 Dear President, dear Secretary General, dear rapporteur, dear former Presidents of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe. Dear colleagues, Today, our continent and our organisation are facing a crucial moment, a moment of truth. The new US administration has abandoned its mission to help democracy and human rights abroad, its leaders publicly attack progressive forces, publicly attack our values and territorial integrity of our member states, supporting extremists and xenophobes... 31/01/2025 | 11:38:31 Thank you so much, President. I didn't expect to speak first. I want to congratulate you on your re-election. You had a great performance as President of the Assembly in 2024. And on behalf of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe, I wish you good luck and wisdom to chair this Assembly with strength, ambition and courage in order to deliver for the whole European continent in terms of our three main values. Now, there is a great and exciting year waiting for us. We'll be having... 29/01/2025 | 12:21:56 Dear President, Dear Secretary General, Dear Chief Rabbi Meir Lau, Allow me to start by quoting a bit of your remarkable memoir entitled "Out of the Depths", which I find very striking. "Today, looking back on the six years of that war, I realize that the worst thing I endured in the Holocaust was not the hunger, the cold, or the beatings; it was the humiliation. It was almost impossible to bear the helplessness of unjustified humiliation. Helplessness becomes linked with that dishonor... 27/01/2025 | 16:36:29 Dear President, dear colleagues, The report on the observation of the 26 October parliamentary elections, which I have the honour to present, was published last November. As such, it does not address the broader post-election political landscape but provides an assessment of the electoral process. Our delegation consisted of 31 PACE members, eminent representatives of the Venice Commission and our monitoring rapporteurs, Ms Edite ESTRELA and Mr Claude KERN. We co-operated with the delegations...