26/04/2023 | 17:11:10 Thank you, Mister President. Thank you, Mister Simon MOUTQUIN. You have done a lot of work, and very well, on a subject that is very important for our future. Thank you for mentioning my report "Climate Crisis and the Rule of Law". In 2005, I was a member of the European Parliament. After the floods in Germany and Austria and the fires in Spain and Portugal, I presented a report on natural disasters in this Chamber. Eighteen years later, here we are again with the same warnings and calls for... 25/01/2023 | 18:21:24 Thank you, Mister President. Dear Colleagues, First of all, I would like to congratulate the three rapporteurs, Ms Zita GURMAI, Ms Petra STIENEN and Ms Margreet De BOER, for the quality of the reports and to thank them for their commitment to the fight against violence against women. Thank you very much. I would like to stress what I have said several times: the Istanbul Convention is the most comprehensive international instrument to prevent and combat violence against women. Perhaps that is... 24/01/2023 | 10:44:09 Thank you, Mister President. Dear Colleagues, First of all, I would like to congratulate Ms Petra BAYR for her excellent work and thank her for her commitment to the fight against violence against women and the promotion of gender equality. Conflict-related sexual violence is one of the worst atrocities of war. Victims are mostly women, children, disabled people, and minorities. Torture and rape are used to break, demoralise and destroy individuals, homes, families, and peoples. Sexual... 13/10/2022 | 18:59:42 Dear Colleagues, Romania was one of the first three countries selected by the Monitoring Committee according to the new procedure of periodic reports. It has taken longer than initially expected to prepare this report. Firstly, procedural questions had to be clarified, then there was a pandemic, a political crisis and elections in Romania. Rapporteurs have also been replaced several times due to their internal elections. We have based our report on a variety of sources: findings of relevant... 13/10/2022 | 18:48:05 I would like to thank the colleagues who have spoken, both women and men. With regard to what Ms Margreet De BOER asked, "Where are the men?", I would like to emphasise that discrimination against women is not a women´s problem: it is a societal problem. I also want to thank the colleague who spoke first, who gave a testimony that touched me, because she spoke about her own experience. I would also like to thank the colleague who reminded us that Iranian women are not allowed to play sports... 13/10/2022 | 17:41:48 Thank you, Mr President. Dear colleagues, The preparation of this report "Levelling the playing field - ending discrimination against women in sport" has given me a better understanding of the reality of the world of sport and of the many deep-seated inequalities that still often go unnoticed. Inequalities in salary, treatment and status between women and men are still common in the field of sport. Women, in all their diversity, are poorly represented in decision-making bodies, national... 23/06/2022 | 17:20:05 Thank you, Mister Larry BROCK. The list of speakers is exhausted. I remind you that at the end of the current affairs debate, the Assembly is not called to vote. This debate will have allowed an interesting exchange of views between the members of the Assembly. Thank you all. The next item of business this morning is the debate on the report on the Review of the Partnership for Democracy concerning the Parliament of the Kyrgyz Republic presented by Mr Jacques MAIRE on behalf of the... 15/03/2022 | 12:25:50 Dear colleagues, On the 24 February the world changed. It became more dangerous and unpredictable. Whatever happens, even if there is a miracle, the Russian invasion of Ukraine will always be a painful milestone for democratic societies. Nothing will be like before. Today, my first thoughts went to Ukrainian women and children, refugees or not, who suffered the pain of many losses. I also thought of Russian victims of Putin's atrocities. Russians are not Putin. I was born in a dictatorship; I... 29/09/2021 | 18:34:23 Thank you, Mr President. First of all, I would like to thank the speakers for their support and comments, especially my colleague and comrade, Mr Jeremy CORBYN. Yes, I agree that public investment is needed to help the most disadvantaged. Mrs Olena KHOMENKO, I agree with what you have said and you highlighted two very important points in my report. They are points 12.3 of the resolution and point 13.2, which are very important and which I hope will be approved. Mrs TANGUY and Mrs KARAMANLI... 29/09/2021 | 17:13:31 Thank you, Mr President. Dear colleagues, Today is a historic day for the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe. The whole day is dedicated to the debate on climate change; a debate about the future of humanity, a debate about our future and the future of our children. First of all, I would like to thank and congratulate my fellow rapporteurs this afternoon, Mr Olivier BECHT and Mr Pierre-Alain FRIDEZ. I am proud to contribute to two reports: "Climate crisis and the rule of law...