27/04/2023 | 16:56:29 Thank you, Mr President. Dear colleagues, I thank our colleague Mr Paulo PISCO for this report which calls for a clear response against the deportations and forced transfers of children and other Ukrainian civilians to the Russian Federation or temporarily occupied Ukrainian territories. I myself was the rapporteur of a resolution on this subject adopted by the French Senate, at the initiative of our colleague Mr André GATTOLIN. I would like to remind you that children are particularly... 25/04/2023 | 19:29:26 Thank you, Madam President. Dear Colleagues, First of all, I would like to congratulate our colleague Ms Ria OOMEN-RUIJTEN for the quality of this report, which aims to boost the status of partner for democracy. I am delighted that our Assembly is taking up this relationship format, which contributes to the dissemination of the values we share and defend. Today, it is clear that not all partners are progressing at the same pace and that they do not show the same interest in our work. From... 27/01/2023 | 11:31:47 Thank you, Mister President. Dear Colleagues, I would like to start by thanking our colleague Ms Yevheniia KRAVCHUK for the presentation of this report by Ms Marta GRANDE, which reminds us of the role of universities and research institutes in promoting the development of democracy and the rule of law. At the level of the European Union, initiatives have been undertaken to create some forty European university networks, whose aim is to improve "the quality, inclusion, digitisation and... 27/01/2023 | 10:32:45 Thank you, Madam President. My dear colleagues, I would like to thank our colleague Mr Damien COTTIER and, before him, our former colleague Mr Fabien GOUTTEFARDE for this important work on the emergence of autonomous lethal weapons systems and their inclusion under the European law on human rights. The conduct of the war in Ukraine, after the atrocities committed in Syria or in other battlefields, reminds us how little respect certain states have for international law, and in particular for... 11/10/2022 | 10:41:23 Thank you, Madam President. Dear Colleagues, I would like to thank our colleague, Mr George PAPANDREOU, for his excellent report. I myself have just returned from Sarajevo where, with other colleagues, I took part in this pre-electoral and then electoral observation mission. Thanks to the exchanges we were able to have on the spot, I was able to put my finger on some of the problems mentioned in this report. I believe that it is necessary for the European Union and the countries concerned to... 22/06/2022 | 10:39:03 Thank you, Madam President. I would like to thank the Rabbi of the Great Synagogue of Stockholm for her message, and I would also like to thank our colleague Ms Petra BAYR for this very enlightening report on the prevention and the fight against anti-Semitism in Europe. If this work is an extension of previous resolutions of our Assembly, we cannot but be marked by the difficult context in which it is set. I would like to express my deep concern and sadness at the increase in the number of... 28/04/2022 | 18:44:59 Thank you, Mr President. Just maybe two remarks, because Mr Titus CORLĂŢEAN will complete the rest. Regarding the Istanbul Convention, it was indeed signed by Georgia in 2014 but it was also ratified and entered into force in 2017, so it is a country that is very much at the forefront in terms of the Istanbul Convention. And then regarding the LGBTI issue, we have naturally taken into account the report and we share with you the conclusions of this report of the Commission for Equality. We... 28/04/2022 | 18:02:13 Thank you, Mr President. Georgia is widely regarded as an example for the region in terms of freedom of expression and media freedom. This situation has improved with the lowering of barriers to entry into the media market, which has promoted its pluralism, although — unfortunately — the media environment reflects the country's highly polarised political climate, as evidenced by the harsh and contentious tone and rhetoric of some of the media. We also noted that some actions by the... 28/04/2022 | 17:06:04 Thank you, Mr President. Dear colleagues, I would like to begin by congratulating our colleague Ms Marie-Christine DALLOZ for this report which reminds us how much our organisation is attached to democracy in the service of our fellow citizens. At a time when war is once again a reality in Europe, it is necessary to recall the essential role of democracies in safeguarding peace. Yet, for several years now, it seems that democracy has been in decline in Europe. Numerous reports point to the... 28/04/2022 | 12:04:09 Thank you, Mr President. I would like to thank our colleague Mr Aleksander POCIEJ for his excellent report, which allows us to deepen the debate on how our organisation can contribute to holding accountable the perpetrators of violations of international humanitarian law in Ukraine. Article 8 bis of the Statute of the International Criminal Court defines aggression as the use of armed force by a state against the sovereignty, territorial integrity or political independence of another state...