27/06/2025 | 10:46:28 Thank you, Mr President. Dear colleagues, On this last morning of our week together, I would like to sound the alarm on the grave threat hanging over our continent, resulting in the trampling of fundamental rights, the endangerment of the rule of law, and the weakening of democracy. These attacks are the work of the extreme right, which is advancing across Europe with a clear strategy of undermining checks and balances, curtailing freedoms and governing through fear. Viktor ORBÁN's Hungary is... 26/06/2025 | 16:48:05 Thank you, Madam President, Ladies and Gentlemen, The report we are examining today brings us to the subject of democracy. If there's one area in which we must constantly strive for perfection, it's the real, concrete implementation of democracy, particularly within the institution in which we sit. How can we claim to be democratic when more than half the population is excluded, or in any case, when the conditions are not in place for more than half the population to have access to our... 26/06/2025 | 11:33:25 Thank you, Mr Chairman. Ladies and gentlemen, The report before us - and my group salutes the work of rapporteur Sandra ZAMPA - makes a clear observation. The management of reception conditions for migrants in Europe all too often flouts their fundamental rights. Urgent action is needed to ensure that the rights of migrants are respected throughout the member states of our institution. This report rightly stresses the importance of a dignified welcome, in line with human rights. Along with my... 10/04/2025 | 17:28:00 Thank you, Mister President. The creation of the European Political Community by French President Emmanuel MACRON raises a number of questions as to its necessity and legitimacy. Some of these questions are addressed in the report before us, but others deserve to be examined in greater detail. If the aim of the EPC was to discuss economic issues or military co-operation, the OSCE already offered an appropriate framework. If the objective was to discuss issues relating to human rights... 10/04/2025 | 17:05:07 Thank you, Mister President. Over three weeks ago, Israel deliberately broke the ceasefire with a massive bombardment of the Gaza Strip. Since then, thousands of Gazans have been killed, the majority of them women and children, and several hundred wounded. More than 50 000 civilians, including 20 000 children, have been killed by Israel in the genocidal war it has been waging in Gaza for eighteen months now. These massacres, in addition to the weeks-long embargo on humanitarian aid and the... 08/04/2025 | 18:57:51 Thank you, Mister Chairman. Collective expulsions flout several fundamental principles of the European Convention, which protect the dignity and human rights of every individual. Yet, despite their prohibition by the European Convention on Human Rights, these practices persist in Europe, with dramatic human consequences. As guarantors of these rights, we have a responsibility to act. All human beings are entitled to dignity. It is the duty of states to protect everyone against the risks of... 08/04/2025 | 12:10:55 Thank you, Madam Chair. Foreign interference is undoubtedly a serious threat to European democracy. To protect it, our response must be based on clear, fair and just principles, and applied universally. This report falls far short of these criteria because it adopts a selective, partisan approach, focusing almost exclusively on Russian interference, while ignoring the well-documented interference of NATO members, North Americans and Europeans. Who can forget the role of the United States in... 28/01/2025 | 19:43:01 Thank you, Madam President. In 1532, Machiavelli was already urging us to be wary of mercenaries: the author of The Prince stated that mercenary troops are "uncertain, unfaithful and dangerous". Today, we say no different. Since the end of the Cold War, the use of private actors has grown steadily; security is increasingly privatised. We all have in mind the example of the Russian group Wagner, but let's not forget North American companies such as Blackwater, operating especially in... 28/01/2025 | 18:29:14 Thank you, Mister President. Over thirty years less life expectancy: according to a study by the scientific journal The Lancet published last Thursday, since October 7, 2023, life expectancy in Gaza has dropped by at least thirty years. Yes, that's a chilling figure for a population of over 2 million. In January 2024, however, the International Court of Justice called for the protection of Palestinians in Gaza from acts prohibited by the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the... 02/10/2024 | 10:47:58 Thank you, Madam Chairman. Dear colleagues, Madam and Mister ASSANGE, I'd like to start by thanking the rapporteur for her valuable work, with which I fully agree. The reason we are here today is not just Julian ASSANGE: we are also here for Sabri AL QURASHI, an artist who has painted over 3 000 pictures to date, and whose art radiates around the world. Sabri AL QURASHI was tortured for fifteen years at Guantánamo and released without trial or charge. He lost more than a third of his life. We...