29/01/2025 | 17:04:36 Thank you, Mister President. Dear colleagues, The Group of the Unified European Left (UEL) expresses deep concern regarding the recent developments in Georgia. The report contains several constructive proposals aimed at addressing the troubling situation in Georgia. We welcome the visit of the Secretary General of the Council of Europe to Georgia, as well as the process and working group he has initiated to help Georgia align with its commitments and obligations. We believe that joint action... 29/01/2025 | 12:28:39 Thank you, Mister President, dear colleagues, distinguished guests, survivors and dear Chief Rabbi LAU, Today, 80 years after the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau by the Red Army, we reflect upon the unimaginable suffering endured by millions of Jews, but also by thousands of Communists, anti-fascists, trade unionists, Roma people, disabled individuals, political prisoners and homosexuals who were brutalised by the Third Reich. We pay tribute to all victims. However, Auschwitz-Birkenau is not... 28/01/2025 | 17:53:47 Thank you, Mister President, dear colleagues, I would like to congratulate and thank the rapporteur for the objective and impartial work she has done. Today is an important day for the Parliamentary Assembly because even at this late point in time, through this Resolution, we are saving to some extent the organisation's credibility and dignity in relation to our response to the Gaza war. I would like to recall that for one year this Assembly has not felt compelled to nor shocked enough by the... 28/01/2025 | 12:55:21 I had the impression that we had accepted that those amendments were rejected by a two-thirds majority. They don't stand a chance in the hemicycle to be accepted. So, we wanted to assist the procedure to proceed with the discussion and conclusion of the discussion of this item. But I don't know if there is a need to proceed and vote for it. I could do it. Yes. The argumentation and aim of this proposal is related to the different roles that we have as the Council of Europe with the European... 28/01/2025 | 11:34:00 Okay, I would like to start with a comment. You are great not when you call yourself great, when others consider you great. And Europe will be considered as great by others only when we promote with deeds our values and principles. Dear colleagues, As we reflect on this resolution and recommendation, it’s crucial to address the assumptions that underline the call for a “renewed rules-based international order.” While the document rightly identifies the challenges of the increasing global... 02/10/2024 | 10:44:37 Thank you, Madam Chairperson, dear colleagues, I want to extend my deep appreciation to our rapporteur for her important report addressing a matter that has sparked considerable concern both across Europe, the US, and beyond. I fully share the rapporteur's deep alarm over the profound implications that Mr Julian ASSANGE's previous continued detention and eventual conviction under the Espionage Act entails for the future of press freedom, human rights and investigative journalism. The findings... 01/10/2024 | 19:02:17 Thank you, Mister President. Dear colleagues, Seventy-five years of Israeli illegal occupation of Palestine and continuous ethnic cleansing. Seventy-five years of violations of international law and human rights and the collective punishment of the Palestinian people. Decades of enforced apartheid regime in the West Bank and an open-air prison in Gaza. One year of continuous genocide in Gaza and the murder of tens of thousands of civilians, the majority of whom are women and children. One... 01/10/2024 | 10:27:11 Thank you, Mister President. Dear colleagues, I would like to thank Mr Stefan SCHENNACH for his diligent work on this matter of utmost importance. The report correctly underlines key concerns regarding the impact of propaganda on public opinion, democratic values and human dignity. States, including Council of Europe member states that we represent, are becoming much more adept at using propaganda techniques against their own population to undermine free and fair elections, state... 30/09/2024 | 16:45:39 Dear colleagues, I want to thank the rapporteur Ms Eka SEPASHVILI for this report and the resolution before us that clearly acknowledge the diversity of projects and the range of social areas in which the Council of Europe Development Bank (CEB) is active. I also want to thank Mr Carlo MONTICELLI for his significant intervention. I keep many things from this. I kept many things, but the major one is that without social cohesion and inclusiveness, as we don't have growth, it's a prerequisite... 27/06/2024 | 19:11:58 Thank you, Mister Chair. I will continue in Greek, and I will continue from the point that my colleague Ms Thórhildur Sunna ÆVARSDÓTTIR and her speech. Imagine for a minute that you have been a Palestinian living in Gaza. Imagine if what is happening in Gaza happened in your country. Your country is under occupation, a terrorist organisation violating international law, committing crimes of war, attacks the occupier, and then coming here and justifying, by blaming this terrorist organisation...