02/10/2026 | 10:57:33 Thank you, Mister President. I will speak about the increased insecurity for women in Europe. For decades, Europe has been one of the best places in the world to be a woman. Women gained equal rights before the law. Girls were encouraged to pursue education and careers. Women could move freely, dress as they wished, and participate fully in public life. These achievements should never be taken for granted. Today, however, many women and girls across Europe feel that their freedom and safety... 01/10/2026 | 18:36:25 Thank you, Madam President. Europe is facing a demographic challenge that we can no longer ignore. Across our continent, birth rates are falling, populations are ageing, and entire communities are shrinking. This threatens our economies, welfare systems and long-term social stability. The report rightly identifies demographic decline as one of Europe's greatest challenges. It also acknowledges an important reality: migration alone cannot solve it. Migrants grow older too, and fertility rates... 30/09/2026 | 17:25:03 Thank you, Madam President. No judge should be threatened for doing his or her job. No prosecutor should face intimidation, sanctions or political pressure simply for carrying out a legal mandate. We believe in the rule of law, judicial independence and accountability. These principles are not optional. They are foundations of every democratic society. For that reason, we share the concern expressed in this report regarding attempts to intimidate judges and prosecutors of the International... 26/06/2026 | 10:44:55 Thank you, Madam President, I stand before you not only as a politician, but as someone who loves this continent enough to tell the truth about it. For decades, we have been told that to question, to doubt, to worry makes us intolerant. That our concerns about safety, about the character of our neighbourhoods, about the future of our children, are simply prejudice dressed up in polite language. I reject that. I reject it completely. Because asking who keeps our streets safe is not hatred. It... 25/06/2026 | 15:42:27 Thank you, Mr President. Let me say plainly what we all know but too rarely say with the urgency it deserves: across our continent, our girls and women do not have the access to justice they are entitled to. They are subjected to violence, overwhelmingly gender-based violence, in their homes, online and on our streets. And when they find the courage to come forward, what happens? Too few cases are even prosecuted. Fewer still end up in conviction. The system that is supposed to protect them... 25/06/2026 | 12:03:04 Thank you Madam President. No one in this chamber disputes that emergency and maternal care must be provided. That principle is not in question. What we do question is this report's leap from that principle to a sweeping mandate for universal, EU-directed healthcare regardless of how a person entered our territory. Healthcare systems are built on national solidarity and finite resources and should be decided by member states, not this Assembly. We should also be honest: in country after... 24/06/2026 | 11:47:43 Thank you, Madam President. This report rightly warns us. Artificial intelligence is advancing faster than our institutions can govern it. But let us be precise about what kind of response Europe needs, because not every response on offer is the right one. First, sovereignty. We cannot accept a future where European citizens' data, European elections and European public services depend on infrastructure and decisions made in Washington and Beijing. Digital sovereignty is not a slogan, it is... 24/06/2026 | 10:40:48 Thank you, Madam President. This report raises a concern that should unite this Assembly, regardless of where we sit: the abuse and intimidation faced by women in political life. The evidence in this report is sobering. Women in politics across our member states face a disproportionate share of online harassment, doxxing and deepfakes designed not to debate their ideas, but to humiliate and silence them. We heard of fabricated sexual content targeting female politicians, of search engines... 23/06/2026 | 17:30:57 We want to thank the speakers for your input and your support. This report is a first and much needed step toward a more comprehensive report, including the situation for minorities in Serbia. As you all have noted, it has been more than 14 years since the last one, and we chose to focus on the functioning of a democratic institution. To Ms Denitsa SACHEVA, a report in the European Parliament was also critical about the situation in Serbia, and the right of minorities were not examined here... 23/06/2026 | 16:32:05 Thank you, Mr President. Dear colleagues, Since joining the Council of Europe in 2003, Serbia has been under the Assembly's monitoring procedure. Its last resolution, 1858 on the Honouring of Obligations and Commitments by Serbia, dates back to 2012, therefore, more than 14 years ago. Several attempts to submit a new report by the Monitoring Committee were delayed due to a wide range of reasons. Therefore, we are happy to present our report to you today. We decided to prepare our report as a...