08/04/2025 | 10:16:03 Thank you Madam Chair. On behalf of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe I would like to thank the rapporteur for the important work, as the issue of legitimate foreign interference is still dangerously underestimated in Europe. Russia's war against Ukraine did not begin in 2014. It did not begin in 2022. For many years Russia has waged hybrid warfare across Europe – far beyond Ukraine. This includes cyber attacks, disinformation, covert financial support of pro-Russian actors... 01/10/2024 | 10:23:56 Dear colleagues, First of all, I would like to thank the rapporteur who has done a difficult job, because anyone who is dealing with the issue of propaganda and disinformation in this hemicycle is faced with a dilemma. On the one hand, measures against disinformation and harmful propaganda must of course not violate the right to freedom of expression. But on the other hand, we have to face the reality. And the reality is that disinformation and harmful propaganda, especially coming from the... 15/03/2022 | 12:03:53 Thank you, Ms President. Dear colleagues, the attacks of the Russian Federation against Ukraine have been escalating since 24 February of this year. This war of aggression has brutally shattered the European peace order. I would like to express my sympathy and solidarity with the Ukrainian people. I welcome the rapporteur's proposals, and I would like to emphasise that the European state launching a war of aggression against another European state cannot be a member of the Council of Europe... 24/06/2021 | 18:24:41 Chair, and thanks to all the colleagues that have contributed with many helpful remarks with the debate about this report. Can I just point out some aspects that have been mentioned during the debate? First of all, I want to elaborate on the difference between an NGO and a political party or a political campaign. This Assembly has, for the last time in January, made it very clear that the Council of Europe is in favour of international co-operation and that international co-operation also... 24/06/2021 | 17:37:06 Thank you, Chair. I hope everyone can hear me. Dear colleagues, Hello from Berlin and thanks to everyone who is involved and engaged with this debate this time. It is my pleasure to present to you today the report regarding transparency and regulation of donations to political parties and electoral campaigns from foreign donors. When I tabled a motion for a resolution together with many colleagues from different national delegations and political groups referring to the present topic in... 27/01/2021 | 17:44:22 Thank you, Madame Chair. Dear colleagues, First of all, I want to thank the rapporteur for her work regarding this important issue. The role of non-governmental organisations for a vivid civil society in all Council of Europe member States cannot be stressed enough, and the work of NGOs is nothing to be afraid of. Instead, governments and parliaments should encourage citizens to make use of their democratic rights to form NGOs and to work with such organisations. And let me be very clear... 02/10/2019 | 12:34:04 Yes, Madam Secretary-General, Thank you very much for your statement and especially for the fact that you have particularly addressed the issue of public relations at the Council of Europe. It is nice that many members of the British delegation and also many members of the Conservative Group said that Brexit, the departure of the United Kingdom from the European Union, does not mean that the UK is leaving Europe. But how do we know that the contempt that has been expressed in the Brexit...