10/04/2019 | 18:07:31 To begin with, I thank Mr Tiny KOX for his report, because I think there is one thing on which we can all agree, as stated in his report – namely that at present we are experiencing the most serious crisis that this Organisation has ever experienced in the 70 years of its existence. This is supposedly a crisis – a sort of ad hoc crisis – that is due to the annexation of Crimea by the Russian Federation, but now it is a structural crisis: a crisis of our values, which are the values that... 25/01/2019 | 10:47:57 For several decades, Europe has been dealing with terrorist activities of different sizes and origins, especially the jihadist movement Daesh, which has struck many States and struck here in Strasbourg just before Christmas. Several States have put in place procedures for stripping nationality from people who have carried out such odious acts. In my opinion, deprivation of nationality will never deter someone intent on being a martyr by carrying out terrorist activity. At most, it may be an... 24/01/2019 | 10:13:29 This morning’s debate on addressing the tensions around the Sea of Asov is very important because it is a key dimension of a conflict between two of our members, the Russian Federation and Ukraine. I would like to remind you that an international maritime law was adopted on 10 December 1982 in Montego Bay. The convention provides for peaceful passage for all vessels, regardless of nationality, in territorial waters up to 12 miles from the coast, provided they pose no threat to peace. That is... 22/01/2019 | 10:27:51 First, on behalf of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe, I congratulate our rapporteur. Referendums belong to participatory democracies and they have to provide the necessary guarantees. A crisis of representative democracy is affecting many member states, including France, and recourse to referendums is a demand of the people. Whether referendums are a citizens’ initiative or not, however, they should be encouraged as a tool to better express democracy, but they should be...