28/06/2024 | 11:10:34 Thank you, Mister Chairman. First of all, I'd like to thank you on behalf of my colleague Mr Pedro CEGONHO. I'll pass on to him all your applause, your thanks, all the passages that have highlighted his immense work. I'd also like to thank Ms Edite ESTRELA for reminding us that Mr Pedro CEGONHO is one of those people who are missing in politics, a fine person whom the world should have much more of. In any case, I'll pass on your comments to him. Let me come back to a few comments. Madam... 28/06/2024 | 10:03:45 Thank you, Mister Chairman. I'm delighted to present what is probably my last report, or rather not mine but that of Mr Pedro CEGONHO, and very happy to have you as Chairman of this session. Today I have the honour of presenting to the Assembly a report entirely dedicated to future generations, who are one of the cornerstones of the concept of sustainable development. I'd like to begin by saluting my former colleague Mr Pedro CEGONHO and his inspiration for this theme, as well as his... 27/06/2024 | 18:55:01 Thank you, Mister Chairman. Dear colleagues, In October, the day after the bloody attacks by the terrorist group Hamas, I warned this House of the risk of a disproportionate response from the Netanyahu government and its far-right allies. This discourse was inaudible, attacked and caricatured. In January, when the north of Gaza had been completely razed to the ground and tens of thousands of Palestinians had been killed, I called for the release of the hostages, a ceasefire and sanctions... 25/06/2024 | 19:14:55 Dear colleagues, I'm starting my political memoirs because this is one of my last speeches, and I'll try to tell you as honestly as possible. I spent five years dealing with migration issues in the Belgian Parliament, five years trying to convince those who didn't believe that human migration was important. Unfortunately, I have to tell you, the figures that show us, for example, that 80% of people actually migrate to the region they come from and not to Europe, these figures don't work to... 18/04/2024 | 12:15:14 Thank you, Mister Chairman. I have many things to say to you. First, I'd like to thank you for your contributions. I'd like to thank a few specific speakers. Firstly, to our Ukrainian colleagues, to show our solidarity with all of them for this crime of ecocide that is taking place. The crime of ecocide is not just, and you're right to mention this, about biodiversity. It also has an impact on future generations, particularly in terms of cancers. Bombing causes cancer, even malformations, so... 18/04/2024 | 10:26:58 Thank you very much, Mr Chairman. Dear colleagues, Dear members, First of all, I would like to say that this report comes three years after a previous important report. The aim of this report is to support concrete measures to implement our Reykjavík Declaration and the Reykjavík process that flows from it. Three years ago, we unanimously voted in favor of a report calling for recognition of the right to a healthy environment in several Council of Europe instruments. Several proposals were... 17/04/2024 | 18:43:45 Thank you, Madam Chairman. First of all, I'd like to sincerely thank the rapporteur for his excellent work, which takes stock of the situation on our continent. I would like to express my regret that, apparently, some of my colleagues have not read the report and the various elements contained therein: for example, bans on Pride marches and the repression of gay-friendly events. I'd like to remind you that just a few years ago there was an attack that hit Oslo. I'd like to remind you that in... 26/01/2024 | 11:57:01 Thank you, Mister President. First of all, I'd like to reiterate my thanks to Mr Pierre-Alain FRIDEZ, not just for the Belgian-Swiss agreement, but for his excellent work, all the work and all the truth, as he said, that he brought to our Committee by organising this magnificent and deeply moving hearing. As Mr Pierre-Alain FRIDEZ said, children are victims of abuse, gratuitous acts of violence and mistreatment in public, private and sometimes religious institutions that were supposed to be... 25/01/2024 | 11:17:43 Mister Chairman, On behalf of the Committee on Social Affairs, Sustainable Development and Health, I'd like to say a few words about what we're talking about today. We're talking about the worst thing about war, in this case a war of Russian aggression. We're talking about children's lives. We're talking about wounded children. We're talking about deported children. I'll come back to that word, "deported". We're talking about children who will be traumatised for years, decades. Even if, as... 23/01/2024 | 19:16:48 Dear colleagues, This is the last time I'll be speaking this evening and I'm going to surprise you, but I'm not going to talk about my Amendment since I know the result of the vote. I'm going to talk about my incomprehension and the shame I feel today. For three years I've been in this Assembly, for three years we've all been defending with the same conviction countries that are under attack, we've all been defending peoples on our continent who are under attack, and today, while the...