23/04/2026 | 16:05:41 Thank you very much, Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, I agree with all of you or with the previous speakers that crime must be combated. However, we are here in this Chamber to protect human rights and democracy. However, I do not know whether we are not weakening human rights with this paper by reversing the burden of proof, as the Commission spokesman has also said. Nowadays, the powerful state has to prove to ordinary citizens that they are guilty. With the reversal of the burden of... 22/04/2026 | 19:39:33 Thank you very much, Madam Vice-President, dear Council of Europe, I've only been here since the second session, but in January I realised that many reports are not really fact-based. I thought that perhaps I didn't know enough about this. But now, on the basis of this report, I have actually realised that you are presenting reports here, or we are presenting reports here, that are not fact-based or are just assertions by certain people and you are adopting them as facts, be it the media or... 21/04/2026 | 11:06:05 Thank you Mister President. Esteemed Council of Europe, Physical violence, calls for violence, insults, defamation and threats are unacceptable. Not only in politics, but everywhere. But I believe that these offences are punishable in all European countries. I don't think this paper will do anything to prevent such offences. I believe we need to tackle the root of the problem. Where does the resentment of citizens who are inclined to commit such offences come from? I think perhaps we need to... 30/01/2026 | 10:44:02 Thank you very much, Madam President. Ladies and gentlemen, I have to say a few words about our Council business here. I have been in various parliaments for over 20 years. I was on the City Council of the City of Bern, I was in the Cantonal Parliament of the Canton of Bern, I have been in the Swiss National Parliament for 10 years. However, in my view, I have never experienced such poor, undemocratic council behaviour as here in this chamber. Our Council has the task of scrutinising other...