08/04/2025 | 12:04:18 Dear Madam President, I congratulate Ms Zanda KALNIŅA-LUKAŠEVICA for her work on the resolution. It raises some threats, very often invisible we face today, no longer abstract: disinformation, foreign interference and algorithmic and digital manipulation which lately more and more is actively targeting electoral systems, especially in fragile democracies like those in the Western Balkans. Democracy is under attack from outside and from within. What Mr Rónán MULLEN mentioned before about the... 31/01/2025 | 11:49:51 Thank you very much. Dear Mister President, And let me add to the other colleagues to congratulate you on your re-election as President of the Assembly. And I wish you a very successful year ahead. Please be sure that you have all of our support and hope to have your support when we are in need, as you have done so far. Dear colleagues, Autocracies are once again the greatest threat – not only to freedom and democracy but also to peace and international stability. And once again, we must... 31/01/2025 | 11:22:08 Thank you, Mister Chairman, First of all, I would like to congratulate the rapporteur, Ms EDER-GITSCHTHALER, for the report on a very interesting and important issue. Today, we are addressing this issue immediately after we discussed Long Covid, both reports that are interlinked with each other. What we are now discussing is age-based discrimination. The motto of the UN in the last years has been: "Leave no one behind". But, in the case of older people, many of them are left aside and many... 31/01/2025 | 10:47:29 Thank you very much. Ladies and gentlemen, First of all, I extend my sincerest congratulations to Ms Carmen LEYTE for this excellent report on Long Covid. Studying Covid-19 and its long-term consequences is essential, and I commend the dedication for shedding light on this crucial issue. The Covid-19 pandemic has left devastating consequences worldwide. In Albania, the impact has been severe. We even brought tanks into the streets to fight Covid, and this is not a joke. According to a... 30/01/2025 | 16:15:00 Ladies and gentlemen, esteemed colleagues, On behalf of the Group of the European People's Party, I reaffirm our commitment to gender equality in the economy. Women's economic empowerment is not just about fairness. It's essential for social justice and sustainable growth. Despite their significant contribution, women still face systemic barriers in employment, entrepreneurship and financial access. While progress has been made, deep-rooted inequalities persist. The gender pay gap remains a... 29/01/2025 | 19:58:16 (Undelivered speech, Rules of Procedure Art. 31.2) Honorable Members of the Assembly, I am honored to be here today to represent Albania. I want to discuss the report from a different perspective, highlighting a crisis that is reshaping Albania and affecting Europe: mass emigration. In the past decade, over one million Albanians have left—more than 75% are young professionals, students, and skilled workers. Their departure is not just a demographic shift; it is a depletion of our nation’s...