25/01/2024 | 19:31:39 Thank you, Mr Chair. Distinguished colleagues, Mr Stefan SCHENNACH, Mr Mogens JENSEN, First allow me to congratulate you for the excellent work. I would also like to congratulate the Assembly for having a joint debate on countering SLAPPs and guaranteeing media freedom and journalist safety. We have two resolutions that cover different aspects of one of the biggest pillars of the democracy that we, as free people, want to live in. Without free media there can be no democracy, and all our... 24/01/2024 | 19:25:28 Dear colleagues, Dear Mister EFSTATHIOU, Great job. Thank you. I will speak in favour of the Report and the draft Resolution. The Council of Europe, for the last 75 years, is a champion for human rights protection. Protection of human life, health and dignity is in the core of our Organisation. It is intolerable that torture and ill-treatment continue to be present in places of detention in Europe. It is high time to act with determination and close the gap between written law and reality in... 24/01/2024 | 17:12:27 Thank you, Mister President. Dear Mister Mathias CORMANN, Dear rapporteur, I will speak in favour of the draft resolution and the report. I firmly believe that strengthening the co-operation between the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, OECD, and the European Parliament, is the way forward in this worrying time of polycrisis. One of the fundamental factors behind globalisation and the multilateralism of the past decades has been our shared values and the readiness to uphold... 11/10/2023 | 20:03:33 (Undelivered speech, Rules of Procedure Art. 31.2) Thank you, Madam Chair. Dear colleagues, rapporteur, Thank you for the hard work and for the detailed and comprehensive report. Todays technologies can be a great tool and allay in our efforts for safer world and fighting serious. They can also be a great threat to our rights and freedoms as humans as well as to democracy and rule of law. Spying on politicians, journalists and human rights defenders for purely political purposes clearly does... 11/10/2023 | 16:39:02 Thank you, Mister President. Dear colleagues, We must strongly condemn the unprovoked and horrific massacre of more than one thousand Israelis and citizens of various countries. We support Israel's right to self-defence against the terrorist Hamas with the hope that the conflict would not escalate into a full-scale regional war causing further civilian suffering. We should also make possible all efforts to guarantee the immediate release of hundreds of children, women, and men held hostage by... 10/10/2023 | 20:12:18 (Undelivered speech, Rules of Procedure Art. 31.2) Thank you, Madam Chair. Dear colleagues, rapporteur, Thank you for the hard work and for the very comprehensive, focused report. I’ll support the Resolution. Far-right extremist ideologies vocally (speaking-out or shouting), silently (by written words) or physically (by riots or terrorist attacks) are increasingly threatening our home where our shared democratic values rule. It is a high time for a comprehensive actions to address this... 23/06/2023 | 12:20:35 Thank you, Madam Chair. Dear Rapporteur, Dear Colleagues, I would like to thank the rapporteur for the hard work and the detailed and timely report. I’d like to touch upon one specific aspect of digital divide. Digital technology can be a strong ally in our efforts to close the “justice gap”. Technology together with other tools may increase the ability of isolated individuals to participate in justice proceedings. People who live and work in isolated areas, up in the mountain or in small...