01/10/2024 | 18:10:02 Sorry for my delay. Thank you, Mister President. Dear colleagues, I stand before you today to address an issue that strikes at the very foundations of this institution, a pillar of democratic values and human rights. Following a vote in January 2024 within this Assembly in which the majority of us opposed the ratification of credentials for Azerbaijan's delegation, the Azerbaijani government in September declared 76 of our members personae non gratae, thereby banning their entry into the... 25/06/2024 | 10:59:41 Thank you, Mr President, I will speak in Italian. [Continues in Italian] I thank my colleague and rapporteur Mr George PAPANDREOU for highlighting the importance of strengthening participatory and deliberative democracy processes to revitalize our democracies. His proposed resolution aims to explore innovative approaches that inspire democratic thinking, considering new practices and measures at the national, regional and local levels while also focusing on the importance of education... 18/04/2024 | 10:59:40 Thank you, Madam President. I'll speak in Italian. I thank my fellow rapporteurs for their excellent report, which highlights the urgent need to implement, also within the Council of Europe, an innovative and robust environmental strategy that can help to counter the devastating effects resulting from the triple planetary crisis induced by pollution, climate change, and biodiversity loss. This is a central goal that must always be borne in mind in our parliamentary work, both at the national... 24/01/2024 | 18:40:18 Thank you, President. Colleagues, On behalf of the Group of Socialists, Democrats and Greens that I have the pleasure to represent here, I thank my fellow rapporteur Mr Constantinos EFSTATHIOU for having conducted this important work with great seriousness, competence, and precision. The resolution that we are called to vote on today deals with a sensitive and thorny issue, that of systematic torture, inhuman or degrading punishment and treatment found in various places of detention in Europe...