07/04/2025 | 16:32:33 We have now reached the end of our time. Commissioner, I would like to thank you so much for being with us today, for presenting us your Annual Activity Report for 2024. There are six more colleagues that didn't have the time to ask you questions, but would you agree if they send the questions to you in written form to answer them in writing? Okay, thank you so much. Colleagues, the Commissioner agreed. So, if you want to ask him, you can send the questions. We will now continue the joint... 07/04/2025 | 12:38:59 Dear colleagues, The Euskararen Etxea (The House of Basque Language) in Bilbao, Spain – winner of the 2025 Council of Europe Museum Prize – is a grassroots initiative with intergenerational activities to promote the revival, transmission and use of the Basque language. The House of the Basque Language is a small museum, located in a working-class neighbourhood outside the centre of Bilbao. The museum showcases the challenge of preserving a language, as we have already seen in the video. While... 07/04/2025 | 12:31:25 Ladies and gentlemen, I will now interrupt the debate to move to the next item agenda, as I have said. I am very pleased to open this ceremony on behalf of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, which gives the Museum Prize Award – the Council of Europe Museum Prize – in partnership with the European Museum Forum. Dear colleagues, we pay tribute to this successful partnership, which is strongly carried by the succeeding European Museum Forum Presidents and highly competent... 07/04/2025 | 11:51:46 Thank you, Oleksii. Now we'll proceed, dear colleagues to vote on the motion for an alternation for the agenda moved by Ms Catia POLIDORI, as I have said. So, let us be careful. Those who support the proposal to remove the report should vote yes. Those who reject the proposal and approve the draft agenda should vote no. The vote is open. The vote is closed. I call for the result to be presented. The proposal is rejected. So the draft agenda is as such. And now we go to the next item. It is a... 07/04/2025 | 11:44:29 The first item now on the agenda is the examination of the credentials of new members. The names of the members are in Document 16147. If no credentials are challenged, the credentials will be ratified. Are any credentials challenged? No. The credentials are ratified, and I welcome our new colleagues. The next item on the agenda is changes in the membership of committees. The candidatures for the general committees of the Assembly have been published as Document Committees (Commissions (2025... 07/04/2025 | 11:37:11 Dear colleagues, I would like to begin by welcoming the former Presidents of the Parliamentary Assembly who are with us today in the hemicycle: Mr René VAN DER LINDEN, Monsieur Jean-Claude MIGNON, Madame Anne BRASSEUR, Mr Michele NICOLETTI, Madame Liliane MAURY PASQUIER, Mr Rik DAEMS, Mr Tiny KOX. I would ask all of you, dear colleagues, to welcome them by applauding our former Presidents for serving this Assembly. Thank you. Usually, we start our work in every session with a formal speech by... 21/03/2025 | 12:05:47 Let me start with the good news: 58 delegations from 43 countries and 9 parliamentary assemblies. The not-very-good news: 57 speakers, 39 men and 18 women. A third only. The good news, of course is that, this Assembly has already reached 46% of women sitting. I believe next year we will be 50% - 50%. We have had 40 secretary generals: 27 men and 13 women. Dear friends, dear colleagues, it is my privilege, as the President, to conclude the works of our conference. We are facing a moment in... 21/03/2025 | 10:12:46 Dear colleagues, Please be seated. We are going to start in a minute. Good morning to all of you. Dear colleagues, We will now resume our work. I hope that you found yesterday's discussion useful and that you enjoyed the reception yesterday evening. At the meeting this morning the Secretary General of parliaments approved the activity important future priorities of the European center for parliamentary research and documentation. Our conference is invited to take note of them. The documents... 20/03/2025 | 18:37:19 Dear colleagues, This closes our second session for today. I'd like to thank those who have spoken and made a contribution, which has enriched our discussion. We will resume our discussion tomorrow in the third theme of this conference, "Violence against politicians". I look forward to an inspiring debate. You are now cordially invited to the reception at 7 p.m. offered by Ms Jeanne BARSEGHIAN, mayor of of the City of Strasbourg at the Pavillon Joséphine, and the dinner hosted by the... 20/03/2025 | 17:19:19 Madam President, dear Þórunn, thank you so much for your interesting insights. Thank you for pointing out not only journalists and the freedom of speech in journalism, but also the academic freedom, the academic freedom of speech, which is equally important, if not of more importance. And on this occasion I would like to thank you and your country for initiating a very important award, the Vigdís Prize award. Ms Vigdís FINNBOGADOTTIR was the first woman to be elected as president globally...