30/09/2026 | 12:46:46 Thank you, Madam President. President, On 8 February, you won the presidential election in resounding fashion against the far right, in a political context somewhat reminiscent of that in my own country. In short, Portugal has shown France the way forward. Since then, you have been received by President Emmanuel MACRON as part of the implementation of the Treaty of Friendship and Cooperation, known as the Treaty of Porto, and I am very proud of this. President, I would simply like to ask you... 30/09/2026 | 11:40:33 Thank you, Mister President, My dear colleagues, Madam rapporteur, I would like to begin by thanking you for this very important resolution. Media pluralism and independence, which we believed to be guaranteed forever, are currently being undermined, and this trend risks, in the long term, destroying our most precious asset: democracy and the civil liberties that go with it. Media pluralism and independence are under attack from two angles. The first is one we know all too well here: direct... 23/06/2026 | 18:15:49 Thank you, Mr President, My dear colleagues, Dear Mr Jacques PARIS, After several months of war between the United States and its Israeli ally on the one hand, and Iran on the other, we can see a glimmer of hope on the horizon, a glimmer of hope for world peace and international economic stability, given that, a quarter of the way through the 21st century, the world still depends on fossil fuels, a significant proportion of which passes through the Persian Gulf and the now infamous Strait of... 23/06/2026 | 10:32:02 Thank you, Madam President, Mr Secretary General, Across Europe, under pressure from the US, but also in light of current circumstances, military spending has risen to levels not seen since the Second World War. At the same time, our democratic institutions and our common rules – foremost among them the Convention – are under attack from within. These developments are shaping a continent of over-armed countries that are faltering on the essentials. What will happen on the day when one of them... 22/06/2026 | 16:26:44 Thank you, Madam President. Minister of State, First of all, as Chair of the French delegation, I would like to welcome you here, on your home turf, given that the French Republic and the Principality of Monaco form a very real community of destiny, of which you are the perfect example. Your country has set out its priorities: equality and the fight against violence – particularly violence against women – as well as the protection of children and young people. These are two priorities we... 23/04/2026 | 11:31:13 Thank you, Madam President. Ladies and gentlemen, Here we are at the topical debate entitled "The need to respect international law, peace and stability in the Middle East". Very well, we are well aligned with the very identity of our institution, respect for international law, everywhere, at all times. We're used to saying that the Middle East is complicated, which is a rather easy, rather lazy way of putting it, to excuse the fact that international law is not applied there at all or not at... 22/04/2026 | 12:55:50 Thank you, Madam Chairman, Mister President, More than 30 years after the Dayton Accords put an end to a bloody war, the Bosnians need support and understanding. The logic of division is still at work. Internal fractures are all the more dangerous in that international geopolitics can intervene at any time. In short, Bosnia and Herzegovina, 30 years after the Dayton agreement, remains a European weakness that could become, or return to becoming, a question of collective security in the future... 22/04/2026 | 11:18:04 Thank you, Mister Chairman. Dear colleagues, In France, in my country, a woman dies every three days at the hands of her partner or former partner, and domestic violence is on the increase. I'm sure that the same is true of most of the peoples we represent in this Assembly, as the speeches just underlined. And these murders are just the tip of the iceberg. Violence against women takes many forms, from intimate partner violence to genital mutilation and cyber violence, which is also on the... 21/04/2026 | 16:00:13 Thank you, Madam President. Minister, the world is turning upside down. Wars, wars of invasion, wars of grabbing, no matter the type, the retreat of international law and the implosion of what, until recently, we called the international community. In this context, your country is geographically and humanly situated on one of the fault lines. In this context, Minister, President Maia SANDU recently said she was in favour of reunification with Romania, a member of the European Union. This, I... 21/04/2026 | 12:48:03 Thank you, Madam President. Mr Secretary General, I would like to ask you about the nature of the Council of Europe and the necessary changes you have mentioned. The Council of Europe can only function effectively in a world where we believe in and promote the values of multilateralism. We need only look around us to see that the world in which our institution was built is faltering. The Council of Europe must not become an island repeating its mantra, deemed outdated by a large number of...