24/06/2026 | 19:03:45 Thank you. Meur ras Chair. International conflicts in Iran, Gaza and Ukraine have seen millions of innocent people suffering from the food security crisis. Since March, agricultural and cereal prices have risen by 3 and 4%, respectively. Disruptions to oil, gas and fertiliser flows through the Strait of Hormuz drove a 46% month-on-month rise in urea prices and increased agricultural prices by 8%, intensifying the affordability crisis. Maize and wheat prices, which were 5 and 11% higher, are... 24/06/2026 | 17:43:59 Thank you. Meur ras, Chair. Friends, we have to be explicit about the situation in Georgia. Georgian Dream, the ruling party, has systematically weaponised the justice system to target and repress opposition parties and peaceful demonstrators. Core state institutions, rather than acting as independent and impartial bodies, are deployed to silence dissent, suppress civil activism and punish independent media through politically motivated prosecutions, censorship and imprisonment. The list of... 29/01/2026 | 13:03:03 (Undelivered speech, Rules of Procedure Art. 31.2) Meur Ras, thank you Madam President, The Arctic is becoming one of the defining theatres of strategic competition in the 21st century, and stability there is inseparable from wider European and transatlantic security. But, as the UK Prime Minister has reiterated in no uncertain terms, the future of Greenland is a matter for Greenlanders and for the Kingdom of Denmark. No one else. Recent statements from President Trump linking the question... 28/01/2026 | 20:09:54 (Undelivered speech, Rules of Procedure Art. 31.2) Meur ras. [Thank you.] Thank you, Mister Vice President, This month, President Trump set out his so-called "Board for Peace". The Board was initially presented as a mechanism to end war in Gaza, but its mandate has already expanded through what President Trump described as "Phase Two". We now see a multilayered structure emerging: a Board for Peace, an executive board, a Gaza‑specific executive board, and an associated technocratic... 02/10/2025 | 16:38:21 Meur Ras. Thank you, Mister President. It is clear now that the shutters of Georgian democracy are closing down faster than any of us had feared. When it comes to civil society, what took Vladimir PUTIN 12 years in Russia has taken barely 12 months in Georgia. The very first time I addressed this assembly in January, I spoke about the existential threat facing Georgian democracy. And since then, while the world looks elsewhere, there's been a rapid escalation of suppression. The increasing... 02/10/2025 | 12:48:56 Thank you Mister President. We are thankful that, in most of Europe, journalists play a normal role: upholding democracy, free speech, and scrutiny. In Gaza, life is a million miles away from normal. Journalists are required to fulfil a very different, profoundly more perilous role. The death of over 200 journalists is especially horrifying as some appear to have been targeted by the Israeli Defence Force. Astonishingly, as it's been mentioned previously, more journalists have been killed in... 02/10/2025 | 10:23:54 Thank you, Mister President, For three and a half years now, Europe has seen a tyrannical and destructive force engaged in a full-scale invasion of one of its neighbouring states. As Ukraine continues to stand resolutely against this unprovoked aggression, democracies across this continent are being undermined by another form of warfare. In Georgia, Russia mounts a dark war, using Russian-backed oligarchs to fund the infiltration of political institutions and control the media, tightening... 26/06/2025 | 18:04:21 "Thank you" [spoken in Cornish]. Thank you, Mister President. I rise to speak on this matter of grave concern. I was going to be speaking specifically about the politically motivated detention of Mr Zurab JAPARIDZE and Mr Nikanor MELIA. But while the world's attention has been grasped by events in the Middle East, the discredited Georgian government has used this moment to escalate the suppression of democracy in that country. It is now crystal clear that the detentions of Mr Zurab JAPARIDZE... 25/06/2025 | 20:45:14 Meur Ras. Thank you, Mr Chair. It's a privilege to address the Assembly on a matter that lies at the heart of our shared future, ensuring that the energy transition is not only a sustainable one, but a socially just one. I want to focus on a specific aspect of the energy transition: the shift from a fossil fuel-intensive economy to a materials-intensive one. The technologies that will power our net-zero future electric vehicles, wind turbines, solar panels and grid-scale batteries depend on a... 25/06/2025 | 17:32:15 Meur Ras. Thank you, Mr President. The breakdown of the ceasefire between Israel and Hamas and the devastating return to violence in Gaza have had catastrophic consequences, both for the people of Gaza, and potentially for the remaining Israeli hostages. The scenes of human suffering are beyond shocking. It is now glaringly obvious that the Israeli government's response to the horrific attacks of 7 October have been wholly disproportionate. As European allies, we can and must work with...