28/01/2021 | 11:25:32 Mister President, Dear Colleagues, So, we have a coin in our hand. The side of the coin that we are debating today is the untethered concentration of power in the hands of the Big Tech companies. In fact, much of the debates that we have had this week in the plenary were about balancing power. It was either about balancing the power of authoritarian regimes and politicians, or about technology firms, or about Big Pharma, so the question is: How do we put public interest in front of everything... 27/01/2021 | 10:16:51 Thank you very much, Mr President, on behalf of the Socialist Democrats and the Greens Group I congratulate the rapporteur for a very timely written and diligent report. We are only as healthy as our neighbour. Only as safe as the rest of humanity. And coronavirus is a strong reminder that building high walls around our own rights while turning a blind eye to the rights of others is not sustainable. Our right to health is only fulfilled if each and every individual's right to health is... 26/01/2021 | 16:21:43 Minister, thank you for the presentation. So, the slide in democracy throughout the world has meant that oppositions find their voice heard less. How can we, as an organization, ensure that opposition is not only visible to the parliamentary assembly, but is also part of the communication with other parts of our organization as well? And, secondly, could you further elaborate on your evaluation as a committee of ministers regarding the arrest of Alexei Navalny, his wife, and the... 20/11/2020 | 16:18:02 Mr President, On behalf of the Socialists, Democrats and Greens Group I would like to congratulate the rapporteur for this very diligent work. As was noted, these are dire times for gender equality. Indeed gender inequality has been and continues to be a major barrier to human progress and unfortunately the COVID-19 pandemic has only made it worse. A backlash to women's rights is on the rise. We need deliberate efforts to overcome this barrier and we need to counter the backlash. Gender-based... 20/11/2020 | 10:00:30 Thank you very much. So, Mr Michael ROTH, you mentioned AI is already sweeping into our lives with very huge potential, but also bearing risks. So the first question is "can you give us a timeline of the progress you foresee for CAHAI's work on this legal binding instrument regarding AI?". And the second question is, there is a fine line regarding personal data involved in AI and so the data governance structures are very critical. How how will the data governance structures be made an... 30/01/2020 | 16:55:38 Thank you very much Mr President. We have two very timely reports. I deeply congratulate the rapporteurs. The ILO estimates that there are 40 million people in modern slavery today prone to human trafficking. UN reports that one registered migrant child is reported dead or missing every day worldwide for the past five years. Human trafficking is nothing but exploitation. Migrants, especially women and children, face the highest risk. Children also face the risk of going missing. Therefore it... 29/01/2020 | 16:53:04 Thank you, Mr President. Dear Colleagues, We are clearly at times of change and such times do require that institutions take steps to govern that change. Institutions are nothing but a set of rules that define incentives. When incentives change, so do outcomes. And this joint procedure is exactly such an attempt. It attempts to change the incentives so that the outcome that we've so far observed actually changes. Hence, I think it deserves enthusiasm, with caution, but definite enthusiasm... 28/01/2020 | 19:41:31 Thank you very much. Extraordinary times actually call for extraordinary measures. Indeed these are times of extraordinary nature for democracy. If we want to hold on to democracy, we clearly have to hold on to a true freedom of press and a true environment of safety to journalists. I believe this report diligently does so and, hence, the resolution should be supported. Now, it shows that the issue is not one limited to a single country, not a single member state. It's not attacking countries... 04/10/2019 | 11:10:22 Thank you very much, Madam President. Let me start by reminding us what this report is truly about. It's not about refugees, it's specifically on labour migration. So it's about migration that has economic incentives in it, that seek employment and work. It's a report not about the receiving countries, which the focus is usually on, but it's about the countries that are sending millions of people abroad. Now, I'd like to take the attention to a wider issue, the main question we're asking. As... 03/10/2019 | 17:08:09 Thank you, Madame President. This is a report that takes us to the privacy of the medical consultation room of childbirth. If nothing, this report takes the huge step of making the invisible seen: the women in those rooms. Therefore, I congratulate Madame BLONDIN, not only for raising the awareness, but also for outlining a road map. The main question we face is, what turns the privacy of the obstetrical and gynaecological consultation or childbirth into a risky environment for women? Are...