27/01/2026 | 17:02:55 Maybe two elements, quickly. Thank you, Lord David BLENCATHRA, for mentioning the Alliance observers. I think it's very important that we work together and in this Alliance on the topic of this report, because there really are many things we should be working on and implementing. We were thinking of this report a little bit as a toolbox, and now we should implement it in the Alliance, but also in our national parliaments. We are all members of national parliaments. We should look at this... 27/01/2026 | 17:02:04 This is an issue that really needs to be addressed holistically. Basically, we need to strengthen the democratic aspects in our society as a whole, the resilience, obviously, of our institutions and our infrastructure for elections, but also the whole democratic debate in our countries, throughout the electoral cycle, which, indeed, lasts several years, as we knowhere in the Council of Europe. This is part of the new democratic pact proposed by the Secretary General, and it is a question of... 27/01/2026 | 16:08:11 Thank you, Madam President, and congratulations to the judges we have just elected to the European Court of Human Rights. Imagine, Madam President, that we wanted to hold a sitting of the Assembly and suddenly the power went out. This demonstrates, as we have just experienced, the importance of infrastructure resilience, and it is exactly the same type of issue that can arise when organising an election on a small, but also on a large, scale. This report has its origins in a period that we... 26/01/2026 | 17:08:03 Thank you, Madam Chair. "There are decades where nothing happens; and there are weeks where decades happen". We all felt like we were living this famous quote at the beginning of 2026, witnessing a breakdown in the international system, but a breakdown that came at the end of a long period of profound change, particularly in the political attitudes of the major powers and their attitude toward international law. A few days ago, I was in Davos, where many leaders, particularly from European... 03/10/2025 | 11:16:04 Thank you, Mister Chair. As you can see, I found the button on the first try. And, above all, thank you to the rapporteur for this report, which is important because it enables our Assembly, or will help our Assembly, to function properly. The issues that the rapporteur has just raised are crucial to the functioning of this Assembly, which works in parallel with the national parliaments. And as we are all national parliamentarians, we know that this can pose practical difficulties. But this... 03/10/2025 | 10:54:08 It's my fault, Mister President. I wasn't pressing on the right button. Thank you very much, Mr President. Thank you to the rapporteur for this useful report. I have to say that I asked myself the same question as our colleague Sir Christopher CHOPE when I saw this report. Basically, the question is: is it useful to have a specific report on sexual attacks and assaults on boys and men? And I think the answer is yes. Not because they have different rights – human rights are the same for... 30/09/2025 | 18:15:01 Thank you, Mr President, The Group of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe expresses its deep concern about the state of democracy and human rights in Hungary. Admittedly, some reforms are moving in the right direction, notably to reform the independence of the judiciary However, the main thrust of the report shows a persistent erosion of checks and balances and pluralism in this country. Basically, the co-rapporteurs see problems and backsliding across the board, and we are... 25/06/2025 | 19:59:59 Thank you, President. Turning to the subject of this debate, Mr Titus CORLĂŢEAN, our rapporteur, is accustomed to delivering excellent reports, and I must say that this one is no exception. I would really like to thank him for the quality of his reflections. The modernisation of the 2005 Warsaw Convention was clearly necessary. New definitions were needed, particularly for acts such as cyberterrorism or environmental terrorism. And the fight against terrorism is absolutely essential to... 25/06/2025 | 16:24:41 Thank you, President. In 1864, the States gathered in Geneva wanted to bring a little humanity into the heart of war. This was the first Geneva Convention. In 1949, the new Conventions broadened the humanitarian field, protecting civilian populations and humanitarian workers in particular. The Geneva Conventions are universal in scope. They apply to everyone, State or armed group. They are the foundation of our common humanity, especially in the most difficult of times. The ALDE Group makes a... 24/06/2025 | 16:37:32 Thank you, Mister Chairman, This is an important week. More than three years ago, our Assembly was the first international organisation to call for the creation of a Special Tribunal for the Crime of Aggression. We know that war crimes and crimes against humanity are being committed on Ukrainian territory as a result of aggression by the Russian Federation. These crimes can be judged, as they fall within the jurisdiction of the International Criminal Court, and this work must be carried out...