25/06/2019 | 15:54:13 Dear President, On behalf of the ALDE group, I would like to compliment both Rapporteurs Ms Zita GURMAI and Ms Elvira KOVÁCS for their excellent reports. Dear colleagues, Think of all the women you know and realise that 1 out of 3 of your female family members, friends and colleagues have experienced some form of gender-based violence since she was 15. 1 out of 10 has experienced some form of sexual violence, and 1 out of 20 has been raped. Very often the perpetrator was a current or a... 22/01/2019 | 18:53:08 On behalf of ALDE, I thank all the rapporteurs for their work. ALDE underlines the importance of the rule of law, the separation of State and religion, and the recognition of pluralism. Where human rights are concerned, there should be no room for cultural or religious exceptions, and we acknowledge that the Cairo Declaration is not in line with the main international human rights instruments. However, the set-up of the report and the examples chosen imply that we are faced with a trend of...