30/09/2026 | 10:24:41 Mister President, At the heart of our Conservative philosophy lies a fundamental truth. A society cannot remain truly free without absolute protection of free speech and a fiercely independent press. For centuries, the right to speak, to challenge power and to debate openly has been the bedrock of Western civilisation. Yet today, this fundamental liberty is facing a quiet but dangerous erosion. We are witnessing the rise of a new orthodoxy, often driven by political correctness and woke... 29/09/2026 | 17:30:20 Mister Chair, Our soldiers are sent into impossible, high-stakes environments to protect us from very real threats to our society. They have to make split-second life-or-death decisions in the fog of war, facing enemies who often wear no uniforms and certainly respect no laws. We must learn from mistakes of the past to ensure that we do not fail our own service members. Now we've seen this issue play out in the United Kingdom, where decades after the troubles in Northern Ireland, elderly... 28/09/2026 | 16:11:48 Madam Chairman, Naturally, I'm neutral in terms of Armenian politics, and naturally, I echo what has already been said in this debate in condemning any outside interference. But I want to talk about this election in Armenia in the context of the attitude of the present government of Armenia to the Armenian Apostolic Church. It's the oldest national church in the world. It's facing an unprecedented threat, not from an external invader, but from the government itself. And under the leadership... 24/06/2026 | 12:23:34 Madam President, Before this debate started, like others, I asked artificial intelligence (AI) to write my speech, and I have to say, it was not full of far-right hatred. It was sort of full of the sort of boring, consensual, liberal socialist rubbish that we hear from this Assembly all along. AI is no threat to democracy. We've heard all this about new technology again and again. There's an expression in English, "Luddite". You know, when the steam engine was introduced in England in the... 23/06/2026 | 18:37:02 Mister President, We've had a most powerful debate so far and a very moving one, starting with the personal testimony of Mr Jacques PARIS and the appalling treatment that he has received from this regime. An entirely innocent man. And I think we're uniting this chamber. For instance, I congratulate my socialist colleague Mr Tony VAUGHAN from the British Labour Party, who gave a most powerful speech, and my colleague, Mr Markus WIECHEL from Sweden. We're all completely united in defending...
13/03/2020 | Doc. 15093 | Report Modification of the Assembly’s Rules of Procedure – follow-up to Resolution 2319 (2020) on the Complementary joint procedure between the Committee of Ministers and the Parliamentary Assembly in response to a serious violation by a member State of its statutory obligations 29/09/2015 | Doc. 13886 | Committee Opinion Freedom of religion and living together in a democratic society
01/07/2026 | Doc. 16428 | Written declaration Türkiye should stop committing transnational repression 17/06/2026 | Doc. 16428 | Written declaration Türkiye should stop committing transnational repression 22/04/2026 | Doc. 16389 | Motion for a resolution Urgent need for targeted sanctions against Turkish officials responsible for the deprivation of liberty of Osman Kavala 23/01/2026 | Doc. 16329 | Written declaration The mischaracterisation of democratic Taiwan as regards the United Nations General Assembly Resolution 2758 15/04/2025 | Doc. 16161 | Motion for a resolution Political pluralism and democracy undermined in Bulgaria
30/09/2026 | Doc. 16468, vote on the draft text for recommendation Growing threats to media pluralism and the independence of the media 30/09/2026 | Doc. 16468, vote on the draft text for resolution Growing threats to media pluralism and the independence of the media 29/09/2026 | Doc. 16473, vote on the draft text for recommendation Towards coherent policies on veterans in Europe 29/09/2026 | Doc. 16473, vote on the draft text for resolution Towards coherent policies on veterans in Europe 24/06/2026 | Doc. 16417, vote on the draft text for resolution Protecting democracy from disruptions caused by artificial intelligence