04/09/2015 | Political Affairs and Democracy
Domestic income inequality is “at its highest level in OECD countries for the past half century”, the Political Affairs and Democracy Committee from the PACE, meeting in Paris, has noted.
21/08/2015 | Political Affairs and Democracy
PACE rapporteur Agustín Conde will be visiting Belgrade on 24-25 August, in the context of the preparation of his report on the situation in Kosovo and the role of the Council of Europe.
06/08/2015 | Political Affairs and Democracy
“I welcome the decisions taken by the Kosovo* Assembly to pave the way for the creation of Specialist Chambers as a positive response to the Assembly’s resolution on illicit trafficking in human organs,” said Agustín Conde.
05/06/2015 | Political Affairs and Democracy
Two years after concerns were raised about new laws in Hungary, the committee has welcomed the measures taken by the authorities and urged continued dialogue with the Council of Europe.
05/06/2015 | Political Affairs and Democracy
Participants at a discussion about the current political challenges and opportunities in the Mediterranean Region, held in Rome today, stressed the need for a Libyan-led political process.
04/06/2015 | Political Affairs and Democracy
After four years of implementation of the partnership for democracy between the Parliament of Morocco and PACE, the committee has today issued an “overall positive assessment” of its results.
02/06/2015 | Political Affairs and Democracy
On 4 June the Italian Chamber of Deputies and the Committee on Political Affairs will hold a seminar in Rome to discuss national and international experience in codes of conduct for parliamentarians.
22/04/2015 | Political Affairs and Democracy
What is the link between corruption and democracy? How can corruption undermine the pillars of the rule of law? These were the questions posed by Michele Nicoletti as he opened a hearing on "Corrupt elites as a threat to democracy".
21/04/2015 | Political Affairs and Democracy
Belarus has shown signs of opening-up, which I hope will be followed by concrete steps that could lead to improve the human rights situation and the normalisation of relations with the Council of Europe, said M. Rigoni.
02/04/2015 | Political Affairs and Democracy
Bogdan Klich, who is preparing a report to evaluate the Moroccan Parliament’s “Partnership for democracy” with PACE, will make a second fact-finding visit to Morocco from 8 to 11 April.
17/03/2015 | Political Affairs and Democracy
"Even if Russia is clearly violating the Statute of the Council of Europe, and even more, if Russia is the aggressor, this does not dispense Ukraine from implementing the Minsk agreements", PACE rapporteur said.
16/03/2015 | Political Affairs and Democracy
The conflict in Syria has attracted an estimated 20000 foreign fighters from at least 90 countries, including about 3400 Europeans, the Political Affairs Committee was told by experts at a hearing organised in Paris today.