13/04/2011 Monitoring
In an information note published today, the rapporteur for post-monitoring dialogue with Monaco, Anne Brasseur (Luxembourg, ALDE), underlines that many reforms remain to be devised and implemented so as to meet the requests formulated by PACE in 2009.
Following her visit to the country on 21 and 22 February 2011, she urges the government and the National Council to demonstrate a strong political will and considerable openness to draw on the experience of other European countries so as to overcome the difficulties and rapidly implement reforms affecting key fields such as justice, democratic institutions and dialogue between the social partners.
“I am convinced that the adoption of a law on the functioning of the National Council and of its rules of procedure will constitute a first step towards reinforcing parliament’s capacity to propose legislation and supervise the work of the executive, thereby contributing to the good functioning of the democratic process in Monaco,” she stressed.