26/06/2019 | 16:20:58 Madam President, colleagues, our house is on fire. The first words of an environmental activist Greta Thunberg using the words of Act on climate change. Today I would like also to use this exact same words: our house, our palace of Europe, is on fire. Never before, starting with the annexation of Crimea, attack on Eastern Ukraine, continuation of Georgia and Moldova occupation, after a joint investigation team has named four officials –three of them Russian military– responsible for shooting... 10/04/2019 | 18:36:54 The Council of Europe was set up 70 years ago to achieve greater unity among its Member States on the basis of its common values and principles. The biggest challenge that it faces these days is the undermining of those values. Long discussions were dedicated yesterday to the financial issues that the Organisation faces. Let us be clear about it: the Russian Federation is attempting to trade off money for the values of the Organisation, namely democracy, the rule of law and human rights. So...