25/06/2026 | 18:12:51 Thank you, Mister President. Dear colleagues, First, I would like to thank dear Laura for this timely and important report. It was really nice to meet you here and to be partners for women's rights and fighters for women's rights. I'm really pleased to meet you here. Dear colleagues, Gender-based violence is a scourge that has many causes, the main one being the patriarchy and the imbalance of power between women and men in the economy, in society and within the family. Such violence... 25/06/2026 | 16:21:47 Dear colleagues, Thank you very much for your all interventions and all comments and your interest on this very important matter. I would like to recall some of the hard facts: worldwide, a woman is killed every 10 minutes dear colleagues. In Europe, one woman in three, faces partner violence. One in six, experiences sexual violence. And these are just the reported cases. Women and girls continue being abused and killed. That's the reality. Women’s rights defenders are under attack. We also... 25/06/2026 | 15:36:02 Mr President, Dear colleagues, Let me start by clarifying what justice means, because the word is too often hollowed out. Justice for all women and girls is not just a "service" to be delivered. It is a political, economic and structural struggle. Real justice requires the dismantling of patriarchal systems, the redistribution of power, and the protection of civic space. A remedy that arrives after the harm has hardened into silence is simply not justice. It is its absence, dressed in... 24/06/2026 | 10:35:06 Madam President, thank you. Dear colleagues, Gender stereotypes remain pervasive in communication and across the media landscape. Too often, women and girls are portrayed in outdated roles that belong in the past. At the same time, men continue to see their dominance in positions of responsibility reflected and reinforced. These portrayals shape perceptions and expectations in society, of course. Eliminating gender stereotypes in the media is essential for creating a more equal and inclusive... 23/06/2026 | 11:23:56 Thank you, Madam Chair. Dear colleagues, What we are witnessing in Türkiye today raises serious questions regarding the use of judicial processes in the political sphere. The main opposition party, its leadership and many of our elected representatives are facing an unprecedented and unacceptable level of legal and administrative pressure. This situation has generated growing concerns, both domestically and internationally, about the health of democratic institutions and the separation of... 22/04/2026 | 10:53:03 President, Dear colleagues, I am here today to give a voice to millions of women who have been silenced. Their safety was traded for political manoeuvring. Turkey’s experience is not a footnote; it is a systematic alarm for the integrity of human rights across Europe. In March 2021, at midnight, a presidential decision was published. And we woke up to a unilateral and undebated presidential decision attempting a withdrawal of Türkiye from the Istanbul Convention. It is a war on human rights... 21/04/2026 | 11:51:06 Thank you, Mister Chair. Distinguished Colleagues, We stand at a crossroads where violence against politicians is no longer an isolated incident, but an alarming trend rising across many of our member states. As this report states, violence has no place in a democracy. We are witnessing a "chilling effect" undermining our representative institutions. When intimidation and dehumanizing rhetoric become the standard tools of political engagement, it is our democratic pluralism that pays the... 29/01/2026 | 10:47:00 Thank you, Madam President, Dear colleagues, The situation concerning Greenland is not a peripheral dispute nor a theoretical exercise in geopolitics. It is a clear and concrete test of the resilience of the international order and of our collective commitment to international law. Under positive international law, the United States has no title to any legitimate claim of sovereignty over Greenland. This is not a matter of political interpretation, but of settled law. As the draft resolution... 28/01/2026 | 10:25:26 Thank you, Mister President. Dear colleagues, I would like to begin by thanking the Rapporteur for this timely report. It rightly focuses on meaningful youth participation, social inequality, and the structural barriers that prevent young people from fully engaging in democratic life. Young people across our societies are asking not for symbolic gestures, but for real influence. Participation limited to consultations or advisory panels is no longer enough. Democracy must evolve towards a... 27/01/2026 | 16:31:28 Thank you, Madam President, Dear colleagues, I thank Mr Damien COTTIER for this report, which addresses the pressure that crises exert on democratic institutions and electoral processes. This report speaks directly to the reality my country, Türkiye, is living today. In Türkiye, we are no longer debating abstract risks to democracy, we are experiencing them. Our presidential candidate, Mr Ekrem İMAMOĞLU, has been unjustly imprisoned. His university diploma was revoked to eliminate him from...