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=== Historic speeches at the Council of Europe ===

[[File:Churchill Tha Hague 1948.jpg|thumb|[[Winston Churchill]]'s inaugural speech of the Council of Europe in The Hague]]
In 2018, an archive of all speeches made to the PACE by heads of state or government since the Council of Europe's creation in 1949 appeared online, the fruit of a two-year project entitled "Voices of Europe".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.assembly.coe.int/nw/xml/Speeches/Speech-By-Country-EN.asp |title=Speeches made to the Parliamentary Assembly (by Country) |publisher=Assembly.coe.int |access-date=24 September 2020}}</ref> At the time of its launch,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://assembly.coe.int/nw/xml/News/News-View-en.asp?newsid=7112&lang=2 |title=All speeches by heads of state and government to PACE since 1949 online |publisher=Assembly.coe.int |access-date=24 September 2020}}</ref> the archive comprised 263 speeches delivered over a 70-year period by some 216 presidents, prime ministers, monarchs and religious leaders from 45 countries – though it continues to expand, as new speeches are added every few months.

Some very early speeches by individuals considered to be "founding figures" of the European institutions, even if they were not heads of state or government at the time, are also included (such as Sir [[Winston Churchill]] or [[Robert Schuman]]). Addresses by eight monarchs appear in the list (such as King [[Juan Carlos I of Spain]], King [[Albert II of Belgium]] and Grand Duke [[Henri, Grand Duke of Luxembourg|Henri of Luxembourg]]) as well as the speeches given by religious figures (such as [[Pope John Paul II]], and [[Pope Francis]]) and several leaders from countries in the Middle East and North Africa (such as [[Shimon Peres]], [[Yasser Arafat]], [[Hosni Mubarak]], [[Léopold Sédar Senghor]] or King [[Hussein of Jordan]]).

The full text of the speeches is given in both English and French, regardless of the original language used. The archive is searchable by country, by name, and chronologically.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.assembly.coe.int/nw/xml/Speeches/Speech-By-Country-FR.asp |title=Discours prononcés devant l'Assemblée parlementaire (1949–2018) – par pays |trans-title=Speeches delivered to the Parliamentary Assembly (1949–2018) – by country |publisher=Assembly.coe.int |access-date=24 September 2020}}</ref>