23/06/2026 | 16:49:07 Thank you very much, Mr Mogens JENSEN. Dear colleagues, on behalf of the Group of the Unified European Left, I would like to thank the co-rapporteurs for their comprehensive report. The report acknowledges that Serbia has made progress in a number of important areas, including judicial reforms, anti-corruption efforts and the alignment of legislation with Council of Europe standards. These developments deserve recognition and should be further encouraged. At the same time, the report... 23/06/2026 | 11:17:40 Thank you, Madam Chair. On behalf of the Group of the Unified European Left, I wish to express our deep concern regarding the continuing deterioration of democracy, the rule of law and the independence of the judiciary in Türkiye. The facts, dear colleagues, are very well known. Türkiye remains the only member state of the Council of Europe that was returned from post-monitoring to a full-monitoring procedure, reflecting the profound democratic regression that has accelerated since 2016. The... 22/06/2026 | 12:27:30 Thank you very much, Madam President. Allow me to focus on three simple questions related to the challenges we are facing. First question: what is the greatest threat to peace today? It is the growing attempt to normalise the open violation of international law and the return of the law of the mighty in international relations. Violations of international law are not new, of course. What is new, though, is the increasingly open and unapologetic contempt for the UN Charter and for the very... 29/01/2026 | 20:13:20 Undelivered speech, Rules of Procedure Art. 31.2. Mister President, Dear Colleagues, For six and a half decades, the Charter has stood as the social counterpart to the European Convention on Human Rights, affirming that dignity cannot exist without the fundamental rights to housing, health, employment, social protection and equality. Yet today, these rights are under unprecedented pressure. Austerity measures, precarious labour, rising poverty and shrinking welfare systems are undermining the... 29/01/2026 | 19:22:31 Thank you Madam Chair. Our group, the Group of the Unified European Left, also supports the proposal of our rapporteurs to close the post-monitoring dialogue with North Macedonia, as recommended in the draft resolution before us. The report acknowledges the progress achieved in the functioning of the democratic institutions, the conduct of competitive elections, the general respect for fundamental freedoms, as well as continued co-operation with Council of Europe bodies. At the same time... 29/01/2026 | 12:28:23 Thank you, Madam Chair. Unfortunately, I have to respond once more to Mr Oleksii GONCHARENKO by saying that there is no good and bad violation of international law. There is no good and bad occupation. There is no good and bad violation of the sovereignty of a country. And as he comes, as I do, from a country under occupation, under violation of international law, he should know better that we need to be consistent in defending international law. Dear colleagues, the situation in Syria... 29/01/2026 | 10:20:53 Thank you very much, Madam President. Dear colleagues, Let me start by expressing our group's full solidarity with the people of Greenland and with Denmark, a member state of this organisation, whose sovereignty and territorial integrity have been openly challenged. These threats against the rules-based international order must be understood within a broader political context. The United States of America has a long and well-documented record of imperial interventions, regime change... 28/01/2026 | 17:19:30 Thank you, Mister Chair. I don't know if I'm doing well, but I will start with hypocrisy and double standards, Mr Oleksii GONCHARENKO and the far right, Mr Christophe LACROIX. Yesterday, we commemorated the Holocaust, but almost nobody from the European Conservatives, Patriots & Affiliates was here. But you have no problem defending the genocide until now? No problem. Secondly, speaking of double standards. In this Assembly, we have condemned so many times Hamas' attacks, terrorist attacks... 27/01/2026 | 19:30:11 Thank you very much, Ms. Chairperson. Dear colleagues, on behalf of the Group of the Unified European Left, I reaffirm our full support for a sovereign, united and multi-ethnic Bosnia and Herzegovina. Of course we call on all Council of Europe member states to respect its constitutional order, sovereignty and territorial integrity. This report covers a period of serious institutional crisis marked by direct challenges on the rule of law and on the Dayton Framework. We acknowledge that some of... 26/01/2026 | 17:11:17 Thank you very much, Madam Chair. Dear colleagues, I will focus on three interconnected issues that are central to this period and to the responsibility of this Parliamentary =Assembly. First, preserving the integrity of the European Convention on Human Rights system. Across Europe we see increasing pressure to weaken the authority of the Convention and the Court, often under the pretext of managing migration. We just listened to our UK colleague. This is a dangerous path, dear colleagues...