28/01/2021 | 12:12:02 President, colleagues, I would like to start by thanking our rapporteur for his hard work on this report. Clearly this report is highly topical, following recent events in the United States and elsewhere in the world, linked to Black Lives Matter following the death of George Floyd. As is demonstrated in the report, it's becoming clear in many countries that ethnic profiling is being increasingly used in police investigations. Frequently this is linked to statements from witnesses who are... 04/10/2019 | 12:27:47 Colleagues, Ladies and gentlemen, The comments made by colleague Mr Paul GAVAN about Catalonia requires a convincing response from the Spanish colleagues here, like myself. A very calm response. Spain is a democracy, an advanced democracy. A state under the rule of law where the separation of powers is clearly established in the constitution, voted in 1978, with a very broad majority. It is a decentralised country where the different autonomous regions which – Catalonia is one of them...