09/04/2025 | 10:11:45 Good morning, everybody. Thank you very much. The sitting is open. I remind members of the Assembly that they should insert their badge before taking the floor. As you begin your speech, please press the microphone button only once and wait for a couple of seconds. The first item of business this morning is the debate on the Report titled "Respect for the rule of law and the fight against corruption within the Council of Europe", Document 16138, presented by Mr Frank SCHWABE on behalf of... 08/04/2025 | 11:13:32 Madam Chair, first of all, allow me to express my strong support for this important report and resolution and to thank and commend the rapporteur Ms Zanda KALNIŅA-LUKAŠEVICA for her excellent work. Foreign interference has become one of the most pressing and complex threats to democratic security in Europe today. The report rightly identifies a broad range of tactics, from disinformation, cyber attacks, and political corruption to covert funding and manipulation of elections, all aimed to... 07/04/2025 | 17:01:21 Thank you, Madam Chair. Ladies and gentlemen, I would like to talk about the progress report. As the head of the Croatian delegation and also Vice-President of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE), I had the honour of participating in the European Conference of Presidents of Parliament here in this Assembly just a few weeks ago. This high-level event reaffirmed our shared commitment to the core values of the Council of Europe: democracy, human rights, and rule of law. We... 27/01/2025 | 17:08:30 Thank you very much. Yes, it's better. First, I would like to congratulate our President. And I would also like to thank Mr Emanuelis ZINGERIS who reminded us today about the 80th anniversary of Auschwitz – the Croatian prime minister was with world leaders today in Auschwitz. It was a pleasure to participate in Luxembourg on the standing committee and meet Her Royal Highness, the Grand Duchess of Luxembourg. It was also a pleasure to exchange views with the ministers and to have a debate on... 02/10/2024 | 19:00:52 (Undelivered speech, Rules of Procedure Art. 31.2) I would like to thank the rapporteurs of the Monitoring Committee, Mr. Nemeth and Mr. Nikolski, for their report and hard and time-consuming work. The draft resolution on Bosnia and Herzegovina’s obligations reflects several key aspects of the discussions on human rights in the country. However, discussing human rights in Bosnia and Herzegovina in this Assembly requires some essential context. As mentioned in the explanatory memorandum... 01/10/2024 | 12:40:16 Thank you very much. Dear Secretary General BERSET, congratulations on your election. Thank you for your exchange of views with the Croatian delegation we had last Assembly. I would also like to thank your predecessor, Ms Marija PEJČINOVIĆ BURIĆ. She had very turbulent mandates, with many crises, but I think she led this organisation with the highest esteem. I'm sure we can agree on working together on supporting our friends in Ukraine and working together on peace in the Middle East... 30/09/2024 | 16:35:52 Thank you very much, Chairman. In front of the Group of the European People's Party, I would like to compliment the report by Ms Eka SEPASHVILI. And I would like to also congratulate the governor Mr Carlo MONTICELLI. The Council of Europe's Development Bank says it is Europe's oldest multilateral development bank. The numbers and management speak for itself: with more than 21.5 billion Euros of investment in the periods 2019 to 2023. Only last year in 2023, 4.1 billion projects have been...