09/04/2025 | 16:02:10 Dear colleagues, I remind you that this morning we approved a change in the Agenda for tomorrow, Thursday 10 April. The debate on "Legal aspects of the accession of the European Union (EU) to the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR)" will now take place at the end of tomorrow morning's sitting. The next item of business this afternoon is a debate under urgent procedure on "The arrest of the Mayor of Istanbul and the state of democracy and human rights in Türkiye” (Doc. 16151) presented... 09/04/2025 | 15:42:23 The sitting is open. Dear colleagues, I want to remind you that if you want to take the floor first you have to insert your badge before taking the floor and then press the microphone button, wait for a couple of seconds and begin to speak. His Royal Highness the Grand Duke of Luxembourg is about to enter the room. Their Royal Highnesses the Grand Duke and the Grand Duchess of Luxembourg [spoken in French]. Ladies and gentlemen, dear colleagues, it is now my honour to welcome among us... 09/04/2025 | 12:53:31 Minister Bettel, thank you so much for being with us today and thank you for your Presidency. Dear colleagues, before we close the sitting, I wish to ask the Assembly to approve a change in the agenda for tomorrow, Thursday, 10 April. The debate on legal aspects of the accession of the European Union to the European Convention on Human Rights is currently due to take place in the afternoon sitting. I propose to bring that forward to the end of the morning sitting of the same day. Is that... 09/04/2025 | 12:04:21 Dear colleagues, Please be seated. Ladies and gentlemen, Dear colleagues, It is an honour, once again, to welcome Mr Xavier BETTEL, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade of Luxembourg and Chair of the Committee of Ministers to this Assembly. Minister BETTEL will present the communication about the ongoing activities of the Luxembourg Presidency of the Committee of Ministers, which will be followed by an exchange of views with our parliamentarians. Minister BETTEL, I should like to... 08/04/2025 | 19:59:29 Thank you. We have had the speakers in favour and against the motion. The Assembly will now vote on the motion to refer Document 16135 back to the committee. Those in favour of referring the report back to the committee should vote “yes”. Those against should vote “no”. The vote is open. The vote is closed. I call for the results to be displayed. The motion is rejected. Now, I continue where I have been stopped. The Committee on Migration, Refugees and Displaced Persons has presented... 08/04/2025 | 18:47:34 Thank you, dear Heike. The debate is closed. Dear colleagues, The Committee on Rules of Procedure, Immunities and Institutional Affairs has presented a draft resolution to which no amendments have been tabled. We will now proceed to vote on the draft resolution contained in Doc. 16137. A simple majority is required. The vote is open. The vote is closed. I call for the result to be displayed. Adopted. The next item of business this afternoon is the debate on the Report titled “Putting an... 08/04/2025 | 16:07:54 Dear Secretary General, dear colleagues, You all know that for the questions to the Secretary General there is a time limit of 30 minutes. We have already gone past 35 minutes. I would like to thank you warmly, for being with us today and for your kindness in asking questions. Thank you so much. So, dear colleagues, the next item of business this afternoon is to continue this morning's debate on the report titled "Foreign Interference: a threat to democratic security in Europe", which was... 08/04/2025 | 15:33:38 The sitting is open. Dear colleagues, I remind members that they should insert their badge before taking the floor, wait for a second, press the microphone button, and then speak. This morning we held a ballot to elect a judge to the European Court of Human Rights in respect of Monaco. I will now announce the results. Total number of members voting: 167. Number of spoiled of blank ballot papers: 4. Number of valid votes: 163. Absolute majority of the vote cast: 82. The votes were cast as... 08/04/2025 | 13:09:06 Dear Head of the Government of the Principality of Andorra, I want to thank you so much for being with us today and for accepting to answer the questions posed to you by my colleagues. Thank you so much. Dear colleagues, The ballot for electing a judge to the European Court of Human Rights is now closed. The counting of votes will take place under the supervision of the tellers. I invite them to go at once to the count that will take place in the room set aside for this purpose. The results... 08/04/2025 | 12:15:31 Dear colleagues, Ladies and gentlemen, It is now my pleasure to welcome among us the Prime Minister of the Principality of Andorra, Mr Xavier ESPOT ZAMORA. Dear Prime Minister, thank you so much for joining us today and for agreeing to this exchange of views. Dear Prime Minister, Andorra became a member of the Council of Europe in 1994 and held its first Chairmanship of the Committee of Ministers from November 2012 to May 2013. The great strength of your country lies in its tolerance...