10/04/2019 | 18:43:23 I thank Mr Tiny KOX for his work in drawing up the report. This is excellent work. Our Parliamentary Assembly and the Council of Europe are undergoing a crisis – the first such crisis since their foundation 70 years ago. It is affecting the mechanisms and bodies of our Organisation. Other multilateral organisations are also in crisis, but we are much needed because of our special role based on diversity. The Assembly is the only European forum where we can have real dialogue. We have to... 09/04/2019 | 17:05:48 Two and a half years ago, the European Parliament resolved that the European Union should in the long term establish a binding mechanism for considering the rule of law and fundamental rights in its 28 countries – there will shortly be 27 – and guaranteeing respect of fundamental rights and compliance with treaties. Why two and a half years ago? Because since then, those values have been shown to be in danger in some member States; I think of what we have heard from our Polish colleague this...