02/10/2026 | 10:50:46 Dear Chair, esteemed colleagues, I would like to speak on the subject of suicidal tendencies and suicide prevention, because suicide prevention concerns us all. How can the issue of despair and suicidal tendencies be effectively raised in the public sphere in a preventative manner? How can we make a meaningful contribution to countering dangerous misconceptions about suicidal tendencies? Should we talk publicly about suicidal tendencies? Yes, we must. I am speaking today as a specialist in... 01/10/2026 | 12:12:12 Thank you, Madam President, esteemed colleagues and guests, many thanks to the rapporteur for this most urgent report. There were two moments during the debate when my blood pressure almost shot through the roof, but more on that later. I shall present my remarks, as a concerned doctor and scientist, under the heading "When the foliage falls silent, we must speak all the louder". I shall confine myself to a brief consideration of the biophysical reality, for the biophysical limit for the... 30/09/2026 | 18:17:05 Thank you, Madam President. Dear colleagues, I would like to thank the rapporteur and Vice-President Mr Rosario Salvatore AITALA for these remarks, which are of the utmost significance and equally distressing. I am also pleased to echo the opening appeal made by my colleague, Ms Louise MOREL, speaking on behalf of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe. As elected representatives of a geographically very small state, we support the statement recently made by Liechtenstein’s Foreign... 25/06/2026 | 18:17:32 Dear colleagues, I would like to speak in German, please. Many thanks to the rapporteur. I would like to highlight a few aspects of the report. The report calls for a structured dialogue and co-operation with online platforms. It goes without saying that dialogue is important – always. But when it comes to protecting victims, particularly girls and women, dialogue is ineffective without maximum legislative pressure in the background. Take this example: the OnlyFans platform is rightly... 25/06/2026 | 11:40:45 I would like to speak in German, please. Dear colleagues, many thanks to the rapporteur for this draft resolution, which is impressive in its level of detail and addresses many aspects of comprehensive primary medical and psychiatric care for those seeking protection. The failure to ensure health screening for those seeking protection and the lack of access to healthcare are evident not only in the dramatic maternal mortality figures, but above all in the transgenerational complex trauma... 22/04/2026 | 17:26:06 Thank you, Madam President. Ladies and gentlemen. The deliberate killing of people by the state violates the guaranteed right to life and the ban on torture. A fact-based debate is important. The fact is that the death penalty particularly often affects people from marginalised groups and economically disadvantaged backgrounds. Another fact is that the death penalty does not deter crime and the death penalty does not make our societies safer. Another fact is that the death penalty is not an...