27/04/2022 | 19:46:39 Thank you, Madam President. Dear Colleagues, In recent years, there has been a clear increase in the use of force by the member countries of the Council of Europe. This use of force is worrying because it is increasingly applied during peaceful demonstrations and counter-demonstrations. The mechanism of use of force is systematised, under the cover of the legitimate objective of restoring public order, leading each time to an escalation of violence. Several examples can be cited, notably in... 22/06/2021 | 19:07:09 Thank you, Mr President. By way of introduction, warm thanks to our colleague, Baroness Doreen Massey, for her excellent report. As Chair of the Sub-Committee on Children, it was important to remember that our children are on the front line of the restrictive measures, from closing schools to wearing masks. They are no longer to be seen as collateral damage of this crisis, but as prime victims. They are the ones who have suffered from the misinformation, the uncertainty and the loss of all... 22/06/2021 | 10:29:26 Dear President, Dear colleagues, First of all, I would like to thank Mr Roberto RAMPI for his excellent report. The debate today takes us to a fundamental issue: the knowledge of citizens. This is a prerequisite for the functioning of our democracies. How can we ensure the consent and free and informed choices of citizens without giving them exhaustive information, especially in a crisis situation? Going on a crusade for democracy means defying all attempts at disinformation and manipulation... 21/04/2021 | 18:41:37 Thank you, Mister President, Thank you, ladies and gentlemen, As you can see, this subject is very close to my heart because, in my capacity as a psychiatrist, I am regularly confronted with people affected by a psychological illness or others affected psychologically by illnesses that have a severe impact on their lives, such as cancer. But at the moment, in the face of the health crisis, we have never seen so many people in psychological distress in the face of COVID-19 and in the face of... 21/04/2021 | 17:08:36 Thank you, Mister President. I am very pleased to be with you today to present this most important report. Thank you, Mister President. Ladies and gentlemen, Each of us has a relative, friend, family member or colleague in our immediate circle whose life has been disrupted by a chronic or long-term illness. These include serious heart failure, Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease, cystic fibrosis, progressive Crohn's disease and multiple sclerosis. Every 15 seconds, a woman is screened... 27/01/2021 | 11:58:31 Thank you, Mister President. First of all, I would like to thank my colleague, Ms Jennifer DE TEMMERMAN, for the quality of her work. This document is indeed fundamental because it deals with immunization in its entirety, taking into account all the ethical, legal, and practical issues. Vaccination against COVID-19 is now well under way in several countries, and the vaccination campaign, however, is somewhat chaotic. I wanted to focus my remarks on the revelations made by the newspaper Le... 29/01/2020 | 10:53:27 Thank you, Mr President, Dear colleagues, Once again, we are facing, with this debate, one of the thorniest issues of our time in terms of living together. Our societies are diverse, protean, multi-ethnic, multi-cultural, and are religious mosaics. I believe that all of us here agree to affirm, without passing judgment, that these characteristics build a framework where everyone can find their place, where everyone can flourish in what they believe, while agreeing, of course, to participate... 28/01/2020 | 18:27:33 Thank you, Mr. President, "In the face of the rising tide of stupidity, it is necessary to say no sometimes. However, and as long as one knows the mechanism of information, it is easy to ensure the authenticity of a news item. This is what a free journalist must give his full attention to." These are the words of Albert Camus, who we are commemorating this year on the 60th anniversary of his death. They are taken from a manifesto on journalism that he wrote in 1939, in a context where the... 03/10/2019 | 17:21:57 Thank you, Madame President. Madame Rapporteur, Madame BLONDIN, Dear colleagues, First of all, I would like to acknowledge your commitment to the defense of women's rights, and I thank you for the quality of this report. My attention was particularly on point 5.1. entitled Discrimination against lesbian women. This is an important subject in my opinion –as your whole report, by the way– but particularly relevant in the light of the bioethics law that the French Parliament is currently looking... 02/10/2019 | 17:02:56 Thank you, Madam President. Madam Rapporteur, Nicole TRISSE, I thank you most sincerely for enlightening us on the importance that the Council of Europe Development Bank can play in a more inclusive society. How can we not be in favor of the European social cohesion movement that the organisation espouses? The lines of action that are the integration of migrants, refugees and displaced persons and action for the climate are particularly close to my heart. And I want to emphasise, however, the...