22/06/2021 | 18:35:21 Thank you, Mister President. Dear colleagues, When we talk about children, we are talking about our future, the future of our societies and of humanity. Protecting these generations, training a child, helping to build him or her, is preparing the future. The ALDE Group would like to thank you for your constructive and realistic work. We know that you have done this work with discernment, with all your heart and always in the best interests of children. When I think of the Lanzarote Convention... 21/04/2021 | 17:15:27 Thank you, Mister President. I would like to begin by congratulating the rapporteur on the quality of her report, which is very comprehensive and sheds light on chronic diseases and their long-term impact. Dear Colleagues, The report is about children, women, and men who are already fighting an uphill battle against disease. They must be able to find support and protection in the societies to which they belong and not have to suffer a double penalty of possible marginalisation. The subject of... 27/01/2021 | 10:21:06 Thank you, Mister Speaker, Madam Rapporteur, On behalf of the ALDE Group, I would like to congratulate you on the report you are proposing today. The particularly clear and precise explanatory statement enables us to grasp all the issues relating to the COVID-19 pandemic and the deployment of the vaccine weapon. You have reminded us that all non-pharmaceutical protection measures are essential and will remain so for a long time to come in order to slow down the progress of this pandemic. You... 20/11/2020 | 16:22:40 Thank you, Mr Speaker, I had a little problem with the screen. Ladies and gentlemen, rapporteur, the ALDE Group and I would like to thank you for this report. This work is of great importance since it is in line with our work. Indeed, when we talk about the gender dimension, we are referring to an inclusive and non-discriminatory policy and, beyond that, a policy that respects human rights, a concept that is dear to the Council of Europe. You mentioned feminist diplomacy, and I wanted to... 31/01/2020 | 10:22:26 Thank you, Mr. President. Mr. Rapporteur, The Group of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe thanks you and congratulates you on your work, which is fully in line with the democratic spirit defended by the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe. The report under discussion today deals mainly, and rightly so, with the risks to our electoral systems caused by the malicious use of this new tool, the Internet. I would like to begin my speech by mentioning the advantages of... 03/10/2019 | 16:58:40 Thank you, Madam President. I can not begin without quoting at least a few sentences from the Hippocratic oath: "I will inform the patients of the decisions envisaged, of their reason and their consequences. I will never betray their trust and will not exploit the power inherent to the circumstances to force knowledge." Madam Rapporteur, the ALDE Group would like to thank you for your work and your engagement on a difficult subject. You tackle an unspoken taboo, since unequivocal discomfort... 26/06/2019 | 10:54:12 Thank you, Madam President. To better understand this resolution, let me remind you what is a ”constraint”. ”The term coercion refers to situations of intervention on others in which the person does not give his authorization and/or which involve, to varying degrees, an attack on his physical or psychological integrity or his rights.” For decades, mental health coercion has been the subject of exciting political-philosophical debates. The ”pros” opposing the opponents, both movements putting... 25/06/2019 | 17:50:43 Thank you, Madam President, First of all, I would like to thank Ms KOVÁCS and Ms GURMAI for the reports they have prepared on behalf of the Committee, they will be very useful to our Assembly. These two resolutions are intrinsically linked, and I am delighted that we are having this joint debate. As a preliminary point, I would like to remind my colleagues that inequalities and stereotypes are essentially based on a social construction, i.e. on mentalities, on the ideas we have about the... 09/04/2019 | 18:06:33 Less than a fortnight ago, the Committee of Ministers provided a clear definition of sexism that referred to “dignity”, the “inherent” rights of the individual and the almost unbelievable reality of a “hostile” and “degrading” environment. Although the definition may apply to men and women alike, let us have no doubt for a moment that women are the prime victims of such behaviour. For a number of years, the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe has been adopting resolutions to... 23/01/2019 | 16:28:18 I congratulate the rapporteur on the excellent work done on behalf of the committee. Member States of the Council of Europe have always been at pains to promote a democratic image. One only has to think of the increase in the number of election observation missions organised at the request of certain countries when organising national elections. Some would limit action in favour of democracy to the mere fact of organising elections. Others seem to believe that freedom of thought and...