09/04/2025 | 16:40:59 Thank you, Mister President, allow me to speak in Greek. Dear colleagues, Türkiye is one of the longest-standing members of the Council of Europe since 1949. In other words, over the last 75 years, Türkiye should have understood clearly its role within this Assembly. Today, within the Assembly, in its committees, we have Turkish colleagues who fight to defend human rights – human rights for everybody. So I think we are obliged to support them. We hear declarations, comments, but we don't... 29/01/2025 | 19:57:39 (Undelivered speech, Rules of Procedure Art. 31.2) The demographic aging of Europe constitutes one of the most critical challenges of the coming decades. As an organization committed to democracy and human rights, it is our responsibility to ensure the rights of all generations. We welcome the report that highlights the need for member states to adopt targeted policies to support families. In this regard, Greece is the first country to develop a national action plan to address the... 03/10/2024 | 17:32:00 Thank you, Mister President. I'll speak in the Greek language. We are talking about democracy, and we're talking about peace. But if there's no food, then there could be neither democracy nor peace. I think that this report, and I would have liked to thank the rapporteur who is no longer here, is one which wanted to be an adopted. We would hope it would go to all parliaments for all governments to adopt. Greece will start a procedure to reform the Constitution. I very much have there for that... 03/10/2024 | 16:27:42 Then allow me to speak in my native language. Ladies and gentlemen, Béatrice, I think, is really the best possible rapporteur for this subject and I really want to thank her for everything she has done both the work here and in the Committee. What is the issue in this report? It really does describe to us where we want to go and what the purposes we wish to attain are and that does not mean a society which takes us back to the Middle Ages when people were split into categories like rich and... 03/10/2024 | 10:18:43 Thank you, Mister President. Allow me to speak in the Greek language. We must acknowledge what happened then. What exactly happened? They want us to forget the genocide of the people. We must think about what happened to farmers during the time of collectivisation. At the time, in Ukraine, human life was deemed to have no value by the Soviet system. Today we are here, many years later, at the Council of Europe, and we continue to follow history, we continue to follow the crimes committed... 01/10/2024 | 20:38:04 (Undelivered speech, Rules of Procedure Art. 31.2) The human rights situation in Iran has been a topic of global concern, particularly after the tragic death of Jina Mahsa Amini in September 2022, a young woman whose life was taken by Iran's so-called "morality police." Her death sparked a nationwide uprising under the powerful motto “Woman, Life, Freedom.” This movement reflects a profound call for change, a cry for human dignity that has reverberated far beyond Iran’s borders. However... 27/06/2024 | 18:58:08 Thank you, Mister President. Allow me to speak in Greek. I don't know any democracy anywhere in the world that negotiates with terrorists. When you negotiate with terrorists, it's democracy that loses out, and terrorists are put on an equal footing with democracy. Today, I'm sure you have all seen the bedrooms of Palestinian children. Where there should be toys there are holes leading to tunnels where Hamas terrorists are hiding. Now, did we know that before the attacks on 7 October? Perhaps... 27/06/2024 | 15:50:17 Thank you, Mister President. I totally agree that after our discussion about the draft Resolution the next timewe will be here, the Greek Cypriot inhabitants will be here on this stage because in Europe, we don't have only the separate Nicosia but we have ghost cities. And these cities belong to Cyprus. You know, dear colleagues, before the division of Cyprus in 1974, Varosha was a modern and developed city and one of the most popular tourist destinations in the world. It was also a centre... 27/06/2024 | 12:08:23 Thank you, Mister President. Allow me to speak in my native language, in Greek. Ladies and gentlemen, dear colleagues. I would like to start with something that García Lorca said, "I will always be by the side of those who are destitute and who are not given the possibility to enjoy in peace the few things that they do have". But the Ukrainians have us and we have the Ukrainians. I would like to believe that after this excellent report, that this report shall not be prophetic about the... 25/06/2024 | 16:52:39 Thank you, Mister President. From this Report, one more excellent work from the Committee on Equality and Non-Discrimination, and one excellent job from Ms Petra BAYR on defenders of human rights. In this case, all in this report are defenders of human rights. Women human rights defenders play a pivotal role in defending democracy and rule of law and promoting accountability and respect for international human rights standards. There are people of all genders who work in a peaceful manner to...