29/01/2025 | 10:15:23 Thank you, President. Dear colleagues, first let me express my sincere appreciation to the rapporteur. This is an excellent contribution to understanding how we can approach history and memory in a way that fosters democratic values and democratic citizenship. As we discuss this report today, I am reminded of the words of French historian Fernand BRAUDEL. He tell us that the past, like the present, is no more than an interpretation of the facts. This insight challenges us to reflect... 19/04/2024 | 10:56:02 Dear Mister President, Honourable colleagues, Thank you for this important report and thank you to the previous speakers. The technical and informative aspects of the subject are already discussed very well. I would like to focus on another aspect of the issue. It is a very valuable virtue to be able to care about the life of someone else's child without worrying about their social class, their ethnic identity or their religion, and without thinking that they are age, their smile, their face... 25/01/2024 | 20:03:10 (Undelivered speech, Rules of Procedure Art. 31.2) It is often pointed out that SLAPP lawsuits are the most widely used mechanism for persecuting journalists in Turkey today, with countless investigations, arrests and trials. This criticism is also voiced by the Venice Commission. The best-known examples of SLAPP lawsuits against journalists are on the basis of the Disinformation Law passed in 2022 and the Anti-Terrorism Law. Journalists risk their freedom as soon as they write about...