22/06/2022 | 17:40:20 Thank you, Chairman. Europe and Ukraine are living in a dramatic situation because of the invasion of Ukraine by the Russian Federation, with also a flow of displaced persons as we haven't seen since the Second World War. Leaving everything behind – family, friends, and possessions – this means dangers and risks, especially to the most vulnerable, like women, children, young people and non-accompanied minors, who are the majority of the refugees. The international community must be alert and... 27/04/2022 | 20:22:48 (Undelivered speech, Rules of Procedure Art. 31.2) Mr President, Honourable Parliamentarians, Ladies and Gentlemen, I would like first of all to congratulate our colleague Frank Schwabe for the very clear and assertive report on the consequences of the aggression against Ukraine. This unhuman and unacceptable war started by the Russian Federation with the invasion of Ukraine is not yet over, and we don’t know when it will have an end. But we know that the world will not remain the same and... 24/06/2021 | 10:46:12 Thank you very much, Mr President. I would like to begin by thanking all the colleagues who have taken part in this debate, which seems to me to be very rich and with very important contributions, especially because it has become clear that there is a convergence of opinions in this report on the part of our colleagues, who recognise the importance of diasporas in our societies. This is very important, because it is a convergence. It is also a sign that the Council of Europe is doing work to... 24/06/2021 | 09:04:54 Thank you, Mr President. Dear Director General of the International Organization for Migration (IOM), dear friend Mr António Vitorino, Dear colleagues, As the previous Director General of IOM Mr William Lacy, said, diasporas are the forgotten part of migration. And yet we are talking about millions of citizens who are in a kind of limbo, always between two worlds, between the host country and the country of origin. We are talking about legal and established emigration, not about the complex... 20/04/2021 | 17:53:49 Dear colleagues, Maybe our colleagues from Azerbaijan may not like that we are holding this discussion on Armenian prisoners of war today, but it is here in this forum for peace and human rights that we should discuss and insist that until all Armenian prisoners of war, military and civilian, are released, and all other questions related to this issue are fairly solved. It is an evidence that Azerbaijan is not fulfilling its part of the agreement established in the joint statement signed by... 10/04/2019 | 15:42:20 I congratulate the authors of the reports on bringing such relevant matters forward for discussion. As democrats and defenders of human rights, we all have an individual and collective responsibility to fight hate speech, disinformation and fake news, which are related phenomena designed to weaken our democracies and the European Union. The fight is a serious one, because the enemies of open, plural and tolerant societies have a hidden agenda; they are often guided by other powers; and they...