29/01/2025 | 10:57:24 Miss President, Distinguished ladies and gentlemen, I cannot but commend the work done by the rapporteur Ms Luz MARTINEZ SEIJO which is bringing back to our attention the issue of democratic citizenship and education. Let me first remind that the Declaration and a Program on Education for Democratic citizenship, based on the Rights and Responsibilities of Citizens was adopted by the Committee of Ministers in 1999 in Budapest on the occasion of 50th anniversary of the Council of Europe. It was... 27/01/2025 | 17:35:20 Undelivered speech, Rules of Procedure Art. 31.2 Mister President, Distinguished colleagues, Ms Zanda Kalnina has presented before us today an excellent report. I would like to express my admiration for her profound work which has contributed a lot to the strengthening of the Democracy of the European Continent. First of all, I am grateful indeed for the high appreciation of the efficient organisation of the last parliamentary elections in Bulgaria. The recommendation to overcome the absence... 26/01/2024 | 12:25:41 Thank you, Madam Chair. Dear colleagues, On behalf of the Group of the European People's Party, I would like to say that we highly appreciate the report presented today by Mr Piero FASSINO, and to recognise with gratitude his personal efforts as Chair of the Monitoring Committee. The monitoring procedure of the Assembly has been a booster to our democratic development. We appreciate the role of the Council of Europe in consolidating democracy, rule of law, and human rights. Being Bulgarian, I... 23/06/2023 | 11:36:09 Madam President, Distinguished members of the Assembly, I would like, first of all, to congratulate our rapporteur Ms Edite ESTRELA for this very timely report, not just her, but also the entire Committee on Equality and Non-Discrimination as the initiator of this report. It is fairly pointed out at the beginning of the draft Resolution that this issue was raised back in 2001 by the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development, which is under the scrutiny of this Assembly. I dare...