02/10/2019 | 11:51:37 The next item on the agenda is the statement by Ms Marija PEJČINOVIĆ BURIĆ, Secretary General of the Council of Europe. As Ms Marija PEJČINOVIĆ BURIĆ has recently taken up her post, her presentation will be followed by statements by members of the Assembly and not questions. Madam Secretary General, It is a great pleasure for me to welcome you here today, for your first speech to the Parliamentary Assembly, in your new role. Indeed, we are all excited to discover your vision for the future of... 01/10/2019 | 13:08:09 Thank you very much, Mr President, for painting a complete picture of past successes, present-day concerns and the challenges of the future. And I think we have listened with great interest to your speech, your convictions, which we share. I hope we live up to the courage shown by the pioneers in defense of European humanism. Earlier you alluded to the questions that were going to be put to you, and I do not hide anything from you by saying that 87 people have registered on the list to ask... 01/10/2019 | 12:20:51 My dear colleagues, The next item is the speech by Emmanuel Macron, President of the French Republic. I welcome with great pleasure the presence in the Chamber of the former President of our Assembly, as well the former Secretary General of the Parliamentary Assembly. Mr. President of the French Republic, it is an immense pleasure and a great honour, to welcome you to this house, which is also yours. France is a regular and faithful guest of our Organization. Yesterday we joined the French... 30/09/2019 | 15:29:28 Thank you, Secretary of State. In your speech, you reminded us of the priorities of the French presidency, and you also outlined the principles that guide the joint response procedure when a State fails to fulfill its statutory obligations, and you reminded us of the collective responsibility -- which is ours -- to ensure the protection of the fundamental rights of the 830 million Europeans. Thank you very much. We will now address the issues. My dear colleagues, I remind you that the... 30/09/2019 | 15:00:06 The sitting is open. My dear colleagues, as announced this morning, I invite you to rise and observe a minute of silence, as is currently taking place throughout France, in memory of Jacques CHIRAC, former President of the French Republic, deceased Thursday, September 26 in Paris. The next item is the communication from the Committee of Ministers to the Assembly, to be presented by Ms Amélie de Montchalin, Secretary of State to the French Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs, in charge of... 30/09/2019 | 12:27:05 Ladies and gentlemen, I have the honor to open the award ceremony of the Václav Havel Human Rights Award 2019. And I invite you first to watch a short video that traces the origins of the Prize. [...] Madame Secretary General, Madame Deputy Secretary General, Mr President of the Court, Madam Commissioner for Human Rights, Dear colleagues, dear short-listed candidates, dear members of the Jury, ladies and gentlemen, The Václav Havel Human Rights Prize, which we will award in a moment, will... 30/09/2019 | 11:56:10 Thank you. Does anyone wish to defend the Bureau proposal? Maybe a representative of the ALDE group who made the proposal? Apparently not. We will now vote on the Bureau proposal to hold this current affairs debate on the "Violation of democratic rights and repression of peaceful demonstrations in the Russian Federation, in the context of the elections to the Moscow City Council". I remind you that this decision requires a simple majority of the votes cast to be accepted. Those who wish to... 30/09/2019 | 11:35:24 Ladies and gentlemen, I declare open the Fourth Part-Session of the 2019 Ordinary Session of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe. My dear colleagues, This part-session will be the culmination of the 70th anniversary celebrations of the Council of Europe. Tomorrow, Tuesday 1 October, we will celebrate, at the Strasbourg Opera, the achievements of the Council of Europe. We are all honored to receive, on this occasion, the President of the French Republic, Emmanuel Macron, who... 28/06/2019 | 12:29:48 Thank you Mr HUSEYNOV, As you yourself have seen, you had the opportunity to speak more than three times during this part-session. What you just told us is probably not quite true, even if it corresponds to the rules. On the other hand, of course, our Rules of Procedure have been drawn up according to very democratic criteria, and if you wish to change them, you always have the possibility of submitting a proposal for amendment. We come to the progress report of the Bureau and the Standing... 27/06/2019 | 18:00:50 Thank you. We will proceed to the vote. The ballot is open. The vote is closed. Amendment 4 is adopted. Amendment 2 was adopted unanimously. We shall therefore proceed to the vote on the draft resolution contained in document number 14902, as amended. The ballot is open. The vote is closed. The resolution is adopted unanimously, thank you. Ladies and gentlemen, I am still giving you the results of the election of a judge to the European Court of Human Rights in respect of Germany. The second...