25/01/2023 | 15:44:29 Thank you, Madam President. Dear Colleagues, The ALDE Group, on behalf of which I am speaking today, would like to express its deep concern about the current situation in Kosovo and would also like to congratulate the two delegations from Serbia and Kosovo for their presence here today. The divorce between Serbia and its former autonomous province, which was declared independent in 2008, has been a complex and painful process, marked by the war that initiated it, the wounds inflicted on both... 13/10/2022 | 13:15:54 [Question provided in writing] Mr. President, Thank you for this time of exchange and please be assured of my and my political group's support for the Ukrainian people. We admire your national parliament and the PACE Ukrainian delegation who continue to sit and work actively despite the incessant attacks on your country. You recently received a delegation from the French National Assembly led by its President, Ms. Yaël Braun-Pivet . A cooperation agreement was signed between our two... 11/10/2022 | 10:17:33 Mr Chairman, Dear colleagues, The Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe welcomes the report and the motion for a resolution submitted for debate today. Because the Western Balkans are an integral part of Europe, because they belong to our history and share our culture, our sense of belonging and our values, the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe will always support efforts to bring them closer to the European Union. Since the Thessaloniki Summit in 2003, progress has been... 26/04/2022 | 16:29:54 Thank you, Mister President. Dear Colleagues, At the heart of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, the leading international instrument in this field, is an approach to disability based on full respect for human rights. By ratifying this Convention, the member States of the Council of Europe have indicated their support for this approach. Over time and in the many debates on the promotion of the rights of persons with disabilities held in this forum over... 25/01/2022 | 12:38:21 Thank you Mr President. President KOMŠIĆ, dear colleagues, For more than 30 years and despite the signature of the Dayton Accords, the path to peace in Bosnia and Herzegovina has been paved with obstacles. As a member of the France-Bosnia and Herzegovina Friendship Group in the National Assembly, I follow the situation in your country day by day, and at the beginning of this year, one part of Bosnia and Herzegovina celebrated the creation of Republika Srpska with hateful speeches while the... 29/09/2021 | 18:12:30 Thank you, Mr President. I wish to emphasise the need to combat inequalities in the right to a safe, healthy and clean environment, as stated by Mrs Edite ESTRELA in her report. The relationship between the exercise of human rights and the environment is becoming increasingly clear, and the right to a healthy environment is currently enshrined in more than 100 constitutions worldwide. In this sense, the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe is calling for a new legally binding... 29/09/2021 | 10:24:22 Thank you, Mr President. Ladies and gentlemen, The floods and fires that have ravaged Europe this summer remind us that our continent is no less vulnerable to the consequences of climate change and that there is an urgent need for action. In this respect, we must welcome President DAEMS's determination to put the environment and human rights at the top of our Assembly's political agenda. This joint debate enables us to address the issue of the right to a healthy, safe and sustainable... 22/04/2021 | 09:25:44 Mister Speaker, Mister Minister, I wanted to ask you about environmental rights and the recognition of a right to a healthy environment. According to the United Nations Environment Programme, a safe, healthy and clean environment is a prerequisite for the exercise of human rights. A report on this right is currently under way in the Committee on Equality and Non-Discrimination, of which I am a member. In 2009 the Assembly invited the Committee of Ministers to draw up an additional protocol to... 21/04/2021 | 19:05:44 Thank you, sir, rapporteurs, dear colleagues, On behalf of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe Group, I would like to commend the quality of the work of the two co-rapporteurs. This report, together with the draft resolution, sheds light on the events that have marked political life in Montenegro in recent years and pinpoints the challenges ahead in terms of the rule of law for this country, which plays a positive role in the stabilisation of the Western Balkans region. Our... 27/01/2021 | 12:22:42 Thank you, Mister Speaker. Dear Colleagues, First of all, I would like to thank my French colleague for this report, which asks us about the fundamental issues at stake in the equitable distribution of a vaccine. Tthe administration of which to the greatest number of people is a matter of the utmost urgency. Access to this public good must be guaranteed for everyone. This has been said by many of us, regardless of our income, the social situation of the territory in which we live and the...