01/10/2025 | 18:47:15 Thank you, Chair. Chair, can I firstly thank my colleague and my Alliance of Liberals and Democrats (ALDE) colleague, Mr Eerik-Niiles KROSS, for his hard work on this? This has been a difficult, but I think everybody will agree, an incredibly important task. So thanks to him for his work. But I'm sure he won't mind if I thank, in particular, the Ukrainian delegation and the Russian democrats who have engaged with this so positively. This is a challenging issue and one for which those who want... 26/06/2025 | 18:27:02 Thank you, Mister President. Can I firstly thank all colleagues who have made very powerful contributions? If I may, I'm going to start with the words that you, Mister President, used. Democracy is hard, but a lack of democracy is harder. That was an important point to start off with and one which speaks to why we're talking about this today. We've heard about what's going on in Georgia. We're worried about what's going on in Georgia. If I may, I will mention my two United Kingdom colleagues... 26/06/2025 | 17:43:42 Thank you so much, Mister President, and thank you to you and your colleagues for time here today. This is a serious debate for us, but a particular serious debate for our friends in Georgia and our beloved Sakartvelo. The Convention and the rights that we enjoy are not simply as a result of us living on the continent of Europe. Being a state in Europe does not make you a member and does not grant you rights, as Russia and Belarus are well aware. That's why we as parliamentarians are here... 24/06/2025 | 11:55:47 Thank you, Mr Chairman, Can I first of all commend my colleagues, Ms YASKO and Mr KROSS, for their powerful testimony, but also for their hard work and their insights around Russia's war and aggression and the release of prisoners. Mr Chair, this is my first time speaking in this Chamber, and I can think of no more appropriate issue to be my opening speech than on this one. Ukraine and Russia's war is a defining issue for us as Europeans, and how we react and continue to react will be pivotal...