04/07/2011 Monitoring
Strasbourg, 04.07.2011 – Kerstin Lundgren (Sweden, ALDE) and Jana Fischerová (Czech Republic, EDG), co-rapporteurs of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) who have been appointed to assess the request for the opening of a monitoring procedure in respect of Hungary, will make a fact-finding visit to the country from 6 to 8 July.
A January 2011 motion, signed by 24 members of the Assembly, raised “serious concern” about recent developments in Hungary in four areas related to human rights, the rule of law and the functioning of democratic institutions.
The co-rapporteurs are due to meet, in particular, the Speaker of Parliament, Deputy Prime Minister and the President of the Constitutional Court, as well as members of the different parliamentary factions, several parliamentary committees, representatives of the media, civil society and the diplomatic community. In due course they will prepare an opinion on the request to open a monitoring procedure, to be submitted to the Bureau of the Assembly.
Contact: PACE Communication Division, tel. +33 3 88 41 31 93