26/04/2022 | 11:51:02 Thank you, Ms Nigar ARPADARAI. Unfortunately, as it's now 11:50 a.m., I have to interrupt the list of speakers as we agreed earlier. However, the speeches of members on the speakers list who have been present physically or remotely during the debate but have not been able to speak may be given to the Table Office for publication in the Official Report, provided that speakers connected remotely can report their actual presence when the debate is closed. I remind colleagues that typewritten... 26/04/2022 | 10:06:53 Dear Colleagues, The sitting is open. I remind members that in view of the high number of members physically participating in this part-session, and the increase in the capacity of the chamber, wearing a mask is compulsory. Speakers are allowed to take of their masks when taking the floor. I also remind members taking part remotely that they should take part in proceedings from a quite location, and should not speak from cars, trains, or other modes of transport. Referring to the debate that... 25/04/2022 | 16:52:51 Dear Colleagues, Before dealing with this week's agenda, I would like to pay my respects to one of my predecessors who recently passed away, former President, Ms Leni FISCHER, the first female president of this esteemed Assembly. I have expressed on your behalf, my sincere condolences to the President of the German Bundestag, the Parliament of which she was for more than two decades a dedicated and most respected member. Among her numerous achievements, of Ms Leni FISCHER, we will remember... 25/04/2022 | 16:48:40 Dear Colleagues, When I described this Assembly last January as an "agora" for Europe, I could not imagine what would happen. But the turn of events only underlines the urgent need for such a European meeting place, where everyone can contribute to finding the best possible answers to pressing questions and problems. What is currently happening on our continent forces us to rethink the very nature of our Council of Europe and its objective of pursuing peace through the protection and... 25/04/2022 | 16:40:03 Ladies and gentlemen, I declare the second part-session of the 2022 ordinary session of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe open. In view of the high numbers of members physically present participating in this part-session, and the increase in the capacity of the chamber, I remind you that wearing a mask is compulsory. Speakers are allowed to take off their masks when they take the floor. So please, colleagues, put up your masks. In June we will have different rules. Madam... 15/03/2022 | 20:45:32 The Committee is in favour. I now shall put the Amendment to the vote. The vote is open. The vote is closed. May I ask for the results to be displayed. The Amendment is carried. As Amendment 30 was unanimously adopted, we now come to the vote on the draft Opinion. I inform the Assembly that a two‑thirds majority is required. We will now proceed to vote on the draft Opinion as amended. The vote in the hemicycle and via remote voting is now open. The vote is closed. May I ask for the results to... 15/03/2022 | 20:29:12 Thank you very much, Madam Ingjerd SCHOU. As the mover agrees, as she indicated, we now shall put the sub-Amendment to the vote. The vote is open. The vote is closed. Can we please see the results. The sub-Amendment is carried. We will now vote on the main Amendment as amended. The vote is open. The vote is closed. Please, I call to see the results. The Amendment as amended is agreed. I apologise that I did not ask the Chair of the Committee, but I had the idea that it was good to have his... 15/03/2022 | 20:20:50 Thank you, Mr Kimmo KILJUNEN. The debate is closed. The Committee on Political Affairs and Democracy has presented a draft Opinion which you will find in Document 15477, to which 20 amendments and 2 sub-amendments have been tabled. I remind the Assembly that the speaking time on amendments will be 30 seconds. I understand that the vice-Chairperson of the Committee on Political Affairs and Democracy has proposed to the Assembly that Amendments 9, 6, 1 and 13 to the draft Opinion, which were... 15/03/2022 | 20:15:18 Thank you very much, Ms Maria JUFEREVA-SKURATOVSKI. Dear colleagues, we have now come to the end of the speakers list. May I first thank the Secretary General of the Assembly, and in particular the table office, that they were able to accommodate all of you. More than half of members of the Assembly have taken the floor in this extraordinary session. That is a record, but it is thanks to our great Secretariat that we were well able to accommodate all of you. Also want to thank the... 15/03/2022 | 18:54:01 Thank you very much, Mister BŽOCH. Before giving floor to the next speaker, I want to make a clarification. Perhaps you already have heard that the Secretary General of the Council of Europe has received a notification from the Russian Federation announcing that it withdraws from the Council of Europe under Article 7. For your clarification, this does not intervene in our discussions. We are asked an opinion by the Committee of Ministers whether further action and Article 8 is needed and we...