26/06/2025 | 13:08:57 Thank you, Mister Minister. Dear minister, thank you so much for your speech and answering the questions. Once again, congratulations to your country for celebrating the 30th anniversary next year. It is not, of course, years or decades that we celebrate, we celebrate achievements, and I'm glad to hear that your country is aligned with the Council of Europe's principles. Dear colleagues, our next business is to consider the changes proposed in the membership of committees. These are set out... 26/06/2025 | 12:51:58 Thank you, dear Minister. Dear Minister, Dear colleagues, We have to conclude this sitting in eight minutes. So I will change the procedure a bit. Actually, what we are doing, Mister Minister, is that we have questions one by one on behalf of the political groups, but I will kindly ask the representatives to address their questions one after the other and then please make some notes to have some minutes to answer all of them. You can stay there if you want, or you can go to your seat... 26/06/2025 | 12:10:59 So now we all understand why we should not trust AI. Dear colleagues. Dear colleagues, please be seated. Ladies and gentlemen, dear colleagues. Now I have the pleasure to welcome among us Mr Gordan GRLIĆ RADMAN, Minister of Foreign and European Affairs of Croatia. Dear Minister, you have held the position of Minister of Foreign Affairs and European Affairs of Croatia since 2019, when you took over the role from Marija PEJČINOVIĆ BURIĆ, when she became our Secretary General here at the Council... 25/06/2025 | 22:11:01 Mr. President, Dear colleagues, As a Greek, I come from a tradition where war was not glorified, but understood. Where theatre did not entertain, but reveal. Where truth was sung on stage because the wounds were too deep to name in prose. And so, I turn to the voices of our ancient dramatists – those who, twenty-five centuries ago, knew what we are once again forced to confront today. Euripides wrote: “What else is war but the suffering of the innocent?” Sophocles warned: “The long day... 25/06/2025 | 18:29:25 I'm continuing by saying that the next item of business this afternoon is the debate on the report titled "Social mobilisation, social unrest and police reaction in Council of Europe member States: is there a need for a new social contract?", Document 16191, presented by Mr Pierre-Alain FRIDEZ on behalf of the Committee on Social Affairs, Health and Sustainable Development. In order to finish by 7 p.m., maybe a bit later, because we are already late, we shall interrupt the list of speakers a... 25/06/2025 | 18:26:35 Thank you, Eerik. The Committee rejected this amendment with a two-thirds majority. I shall now put the amendment to the vote. The vote is open. The vote is closed. I call for the result to be displayed. Amendment 20 is rejected. We will now proceed to vote on the draft resolution as amended, contained in Document 16210. A simple majority is required. The vote is open. Colleagues, we vote for the draft resolution. The vote is closed. I call for the result to be displayed. The draft resolution... 25/06/2025 | 17:55:52 Two points. First of all, we are not talking about guys, if I may. We are talking about colleagues, parliamentarians. The second point is that I'm not Sherlock Holmes to investigate. Of course I can ask, but the reply is obvious. One of our colleagues was there and we heard her at the beginning. Then we made at least 10 tries to listen to the other colleague of us, who was listened by us for one minute. And then, suddenly, we all have heard that there was noise. So for sure the Secretariat... 25/06/2025 | 16:02:49 The sitting is open. Dear colleagues, I remind you that members who wish to take the floor should insert their badge before taking the floor. As you begin your speech, press the microphone button once only, wait for a couple of seconds and then start talking. Before I move on to our first item, I remind the Assembly that members who have not submitted an annual declaration of interests are required to start any intervention with an oral declaration of interests under paragraph 20 of the... 25/06/2025 | 12:08:21 Ladies and gentlemen, Dear colleagues. It is my great honour to welcome His Excellency Mr Robert ABELA, Prime Minister of Malta, who will address the Assembly for the first time today. This year, Malta is celebrating the 60th anniversary of its membership of the Council of Europe. This is a time, therefore, to reflect on all that has been achieved, but also to look forward and prepare for a new generation of human rights. We had a most interesting exchange of views yesterday with Deputy Prime... 25/06/2025 | 12:04:27 Yes, it is. If no one objects, I will consider the amendment to be rejected. Any objections? No? No. So, the last part. We will now proceed to vote on the draft resolution, as amended, contained in Document 16185. A simple majority is required. The vote is now open. The vote is closed. I call for the result to be displayed. The draft resolution in Document 16185 is adopted. Colleagues, please remain seated. In a minute, the Prime Minister of Malta will enter the hemicycle and address the...