25/06/2026 | 18:22:54 Thank you. Dear colleagues, After the smuggling for the migrants, refugees, after the human trafficking, the new theme that we have is violent pornography. And I would like to congratulate Ms Laura CASTEL, not only for her commitment and path for this report, because this report is one step, two steps, maybe three steps forward from today for tomorrow. We have not only to protect women, we have to protect our society. Behind violent pornography there are men and dirty minds and huge amounts... 25/06/2026 | 15:55:41 Thank you, Mister President. Dear colleagues, As I can see on the list of the speakers, I can see only two men. So I think that we, as men, we have to be on the front line in this issue and we have to fight more to have equal justice for women. First of all, I would like to congratulate Ms Aysu BANKOĞLU, as rapporteur, and the whole staff of the Committee on Equality and Non-Discrimination, for this report on this very sensitive issue. Dear friends, two years ago, one woman, one girl from the... 25/06/2026 | 12:34:21 Thank you. Dear President, Dear colleagues, Sports journalism plays an essential role in our societies, by informing the public, ensuring transparency and contributing to accountability in sports governance. As an organization committed to the defence of human rights, it is our duty to promote the protection of freedom of expression and freedom of information on the ground of sport journalism. In this regard, on behalf of the Group of the European People's Party (EPP), I warmly welcome this... 25/06/2026 | 11:45:29 Thank you, Madam President. Allow me to speak in Greek. President, Ladies and Gentlemen, I would like to give you figures that go back over the last eight years. 2.4 million children in the world were born as refugees, which means nearly 500 000 births of refugees per year. Now why are these children born as refugees? We have already heard this morning statements against refugee children. The FIFA World Cup is underway, and we see who is in the teams. The Geneva Conventions take up all... 24/06/2026 | 19:01:50 Ladies and gentlemen, Colleagues, Now, in Holodomor, Ukrainians and Greeks all knew what starvation meant under conditions of war. They were dying every day. Thousands and thousands of people died. And this indicates the horrific crime committed by the Soviet regime and by Nazis as well. The next wars will be for water, for food as well. At the same time, however, access or non-access to food and water, it's not only that it's used as a weapon of war, it also creates social imbalances... 22/04/2026 | 17:37:45 Thank you, Madam President. I will speak in Greek. Every day, refugees from the LGBTQI community are requesting asylum. They do this because they've had to leave their countries of origin. They're requesting asylum, so as not to be sent back home and be killed. We are a space of justice and freedom; we have a duty to act as a model when it comes to democracy. In Greece, the last time the death penalty was carried out was in 1972. Yesterday, we celebrated the seventh anniversary of the end of... 22/04/2026 | 11:38:37 Thank you, Mister President. Dear colleagues, Allow me to start my speech with two proposals. I totally agree with Ms Catia POLIDORI. We have to act, not to talk. We need measures, not only reports. And we have to convince our countries to be more active in this terrible issue for humanity. The second proposal is that we need an observatory as the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, a space about what happened for each country every day. The third proposal – in memory of the dead... 21/04/2026 | 17:56:33 Thank you, Madam President. Allow me to speak in Greek. Thank you. Someone said famously that we need Gods. We all need Gods and that our Gods know everything. Now, what many people do not know, is that everybody should have a right to freedom of religion. Freedom of religion is a very fundamental tenet of our democracies. And in our countries I think we have outstanding examples of coexistence between Jews, Christians, Muslims and atheists – let's not forget the atheists. Freedom of... 29/01/2026 | 19:28:13 Thank you, Madam President. Ladies and gentlemen, dear colleagues, We welcome this report on behalf of the European People's Party and we congratulate the rapporteurs. However, what is very interesting here for the day after is the observations that have been made. And I'd like to start with what Mr Piero FASSINO has just said. The democracy of North Macedonia has signed a treaty, the Prespa Agreement, with a partner country, that is Greece. It is a member of the Council of Europe and the... 29/01/2026 | 16:58:40 Thank you. Thank you, Mister President. Dear colleagues, Dear former Commissioner Ms Helena DALLI, thank you once again for your inspirational speech. And I think we are very lucky here because we have teenagers that look to us because we are here. Not for us, we are here for them. And I think it is crucial that the report before us today aims to safeguard the freedom, dignity, personality and self-determination of individuals who are at risk at becoming victims of conversion practices...