25/01/2024 | 16:04:58 Thank you so much, Mister President. Madam Secretary General, on behalf of all of us in the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe, I want to congratulate you for the great budget we've got this year. And credit goes also to the Committee of Ministers. Everyone is happy in terms of the bodies of this institution with the great amount of resources that have been given and that are to be wisely spent. The question for you is: do you know of any progress on the issue of the international... 22/01/2024 | 15:53:29 Dear Mr Tiny KOX, On behalf of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe, I want to thank you for what you did for this Assembly. You went beyond expectations. Usually when in office, people are trusted less after fulfilling their mandate. Now our trust towards you has doubled. Thank you; you did really well. I want to congratulate the new president Mr Theodoros ROUSOPOULOS. You have a great heritage to continue and I wish you good luck with that on behalf of us. Great congratulations... 22/01/2024 | 15:52:35 Efcharistó (thank you in Greek), Mr. Chairman. On behalf of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe, I would like to begin by paying tribute to Dick Marty, our former member and Chairman of the Committee on Legal Affairs and Monitoring, who passed away on 28 December. Mr Dick Marty was a member of our Assembly and our group for many years. For some, he remained a close friend; others like me did not have the honour of knowing him personally, but for all of us, Mr Dick Marty will... 12/10/2023 | 17:56:17 Thank you, Mister President. Dear all, we are facing a severe humanitarian crisis. We do not have time to lose, we must address this crisis urgently and now. Dear ambassador of Azerbaijan, Mister Fakhraddin ISMAYILOV, on behalf of ALDE, I ask you to deliver the following message to your government. The ALDE group will support actions to deliver these messages to the Azerbaijani government. Any hostilities including rhetoric must be stopped. Any border violation would be unacceptable for a... 12/10/2023 | 17:08:25 Thank you for this generosity, Madam Chair. I would like to first thank Mr Mihail POPSOI for having had the courage to put in a historical perspective all the chronology of aggression from Russia's side to the European democracies in the past 30 years, not to mention the other questions. Now, I would like to respond to the very fine observation of Ms Sabina ĆUDIĆ, saying that the way to hell is paved with good intentions and those could be excuses. Dear Sabina, you are new here, but just to... 12/10/2023 | 15:56:20 Dear colleagues, It has been 20 months that a full-scale war has been going on in the heart of Europe. We were brought to discuss the situation in Ukraine every time we met, every session, in every Standing Committee. We should do so until Ukraine win the war. This report takes into account the conclusions of the Conference of Presidents of Parliament held a few days ago in Dublin. I've also consulted the Ukrainian delegation when writing this report, and I thank them for their contribution... 12/10/2023 | 15:08:26 Dear Commissioner, on behalf of Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe, I would like to thank you for coming to address this Assembly today. Our question is how can the two institutions work better in order to avoid duplication and use our resources in the most efficient manner in order to help out member states to be fully in line with the rule of low, democracy, and human rights obligations? I was also about to ask you to tell us more about the good work you're doing on Ukraine, both... 19/06/2023 | 15:59:32 Thank you, President. You are very generous. Given the number of interventions in the elections in Türkiye, I would actually think that it would be more fair that Mr Frank SCHWABE should have the final word but it is not up to me to decide that. That being said I really call upon the Azerbaijani and Armenian friends to use this possibility of the urgent debate as an honest way to have a dialogue and one oriented towards solutions. So I wish you good luck with that, dear friends. More than... 19/06/2023 | 15:08:40 Dear colleagues, Not a day passes without war crimes being committed because of the Russian Federation's war of aggression against Ukraine, that remind us of the very reasons for the Summit and for the strong message of unity expressed by the Heads of States and Governments. On 6 June 2023, the Council of Europe's leaders, the Secretary General, the Chair of the Committee of Ministers and the President of our Assembly issued a joint statement condemning, in the strongest possible terms, the... 19/06/2023 | 15:05:05 Dear Colleagues, The report I am presenting to you today covers activities since 28 April. It has been a very busy period, and the members of the Assembly have been very active. The Summit of Heads of State and Government, a major historic event for our organisation, was held in Reykjavík on 16 and 17 May. I would like to congratulate and warmly thank the Secretary General, the Icelandic delegation and ambassador, as well as the Committee of Ministers, for their commitment and our joint...