01/10/2025 | 18:38:09 Thank you. Dear colleagues, The next item of business this afternoon is the debate on the Report titled Russian Democratic Forces (Document 16247), presented by Mr Eerik-Niiles KROSS on behalf of the Committee on Political Affairs and Democracy. In order to finish by 8 p.m. I will interrupt the list of speakers at about 7:10 p.m. to allow time for the reply and the vote. Of course, as you have seen, we are flexible. Dear Mr Eerik-Niiles KROSS, when you are ready, you may take the floor. You... 01/10/2025 | 18:35:33 Thank you Mr Yves CRUCHTEN. Does anyone wish to speak against the oral amendment? No. I shall now put the oral amendment to the vote. The vote is open. The vote is closed. I call for the result to be displayed. The oral amendment is agreed. I have received another oral amendment from the Committee, which reads as follows: 'In the draft resolution, paragraph 19, second sentence, replace the words "criminal code" with the words "law and protection from domestic violence"'. The sentence as... 01/10/2025 | 18:32:07 Does anyone wish to speak against the Oral Amendment? No? I shall now put the Oral Amendment to the vote. The vote is open. The vote is closed. I call for the result to be displayed. The Oral Amendment is agreed. I have received an Oral Amendment from the Committee which reads as follows: 'In paragraph 14, first sentence, replace the words "more than half" with the words "around one-third"'. The sentence as amended would therefore read as follows: 'Over 90 leading judgments of the European... 01/10/2025 | 18:30:15 Thank you, Mr Mogens JENSEN. The debate is closed. Dear colleagues, The Monitoring Committee has presented a draft resolution in Document 16246, to which four amendments have been tabled. They will be taken in the order in which they appear in the compendium. I remind you that speeches on amendments are limited to 30 seconds. I understand that the Chairperson of the Committee wishes to propose to the Assembly that Amendments 2, 3 and 4 to the draft resolution, which were rejected by the... 01/10/2025 | 15:35:13 The sitting is open. Dear colleagues, The first item of business this afternoon is the debate on the report titled "Youth movements for democracy", Document 16239, presented by Ms Yevheniia KRAVCHUK on behalf of the Committee on Culture, Science, Education and Media, with a statement by Mr Clifton GRIMA, Minister for Education, Sport, Youth, Research and Innovation of Malta. In order to finish by 5.10 p.m., we shall interrupt the list of speakers at about 5 p.m. to allow time for the reply... 01/10/2025 | 12:10:18 Welcome, Madam President. Dear colleagues, we will now hear an address by Her Excellency, Madame Myriam SPITERI DEBONO, President of Malta. And after this address, Madam President will take questions from the floor. It is my honour to welcome among us Her Excellency. Madam President, thank you for joining us today and for agreeing to this exchange of views. You are originally from the island of Gozo, that mythical place where, according to Homer, the nymph Calypso is said to have kept Ulysses... 01/10/2025 | 12:05:15 Thank you, dear Mr Mehmet AKALIN. The Committee on Legal Affairs and Human Rights has presented the draft resolution, Document 16237, to which two amendments have been tabled. They will be taken in the order in which they appear in the compendium. I remind you that speeches on amendments are limited to 30 seconds. I understand that the Chairperson of the Committee wishes to propose to the Parliamentary Assembly that Amendments 1 and 2 to the draft resolution, which were unanimously approved... 01/10/2025 | 11:59:34 Thank you, Mr Mattias JONSSON. Dear colleagues, I must now interrupt the list of speakers. The speeches of members on the speakers list who have been present during the debate but have not been able to speak may be given to the Table Office for publication in the official report. Speeches must not exceed 400 words. I remind colleagues that the typewritten text can be submitted electronically if possible, no later than four hours after the list of speakers is interrupted. That concludes the... 01/10/2025 | 11:07:36 Dear colleagues, we will continue now. First, let me announce that we will have with us the President of the Republic of Malta instead of 12:10 p.m., so we'll have time for the next debate. Secondly, I want to thank Lord Don TOUHIG. He is absolutely right. This is the right thing to do. He was following the rules that we have all agreed to. Thirdly, I take the advantage of thanking those who have made some proposals. It is a proposal to be discussed with the Presidential Committee, because it... 30/09/2025 | 16:39:21 Dear colleagues, The next item of business this afternoon is the debate on the report titled "The Parliamentary Assembly should support Kazakhstan to continue its democratic reforms". The document is under the number 16245 and it will be presented by the leader of the European Conservatives, Patriots & Affiliates, Mr Zsolt NÉMETH, on behalf of the Committee on Political Affairs and Democracy. And we will have a statement by Mr Maulen ASHIMBAYEV, the Chairman of the Senate of Kazakhstan. So...