22/01/2024 | President
Theodoros Rousopoulos (Greece, EPP/DC) has been elected President of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE). Taking over from Tiny Kox (Netherlands, UEL), he is PACE’s 35th President since 1949 and the first Greek national to hold this office. The President serves for a one...
19/01/2024 | President
“I am deeply saddened by the loss of Sir Tony Lloyd, who was a distinguished member of our Assembly for more than ten years, and the head of the British delegation here for many of them,” said PACE President Tiny Kox. “Tony believed sincerely in the values of the Council of Europe, and his quiet...
17/01/2024 | President
PACE President Tiny Kox, in a final address to the Council of Europe’s ministerial body, reviewed his two-year term of office during what he described as “a most challenging and dangerous period for the Council of Europe and our citizens” and said his main challenge had been to, firstly, avert...
31/12/2023 | President
In 2023, we witnessed so many challenging and worrying developments in Europe. We are living in dangerous times. I share the worries of millions of Europeans, and I want these worries to be addressed by those who have to bear their responsibilities in all our member States of the Council of...
29/12/2023 | President
“Few members of the Parliamentary Assembly have left such a mark on European political action as Dick Marty. As well as being remembered, his work has changed the way parliamentary investigations are led and acted upon,” said PACE President Tiny Kox. “Our Assembly will miss a dear friend, a...
04/12/2023 | President
PACE President Tiny Kox has urged Council of Europe member states to respect the rulings of the Strasbourg Court, boost the Council of Europe’s “early warning capacity” and develop a more flexible, credible and coherent “toolkit” of measures for putting pressure on states that do not respect...
17/11/2023 | President
Statement by PACE President Tiny Kox to mark the European Day on the Protection of Children against Sexual Exploitation and Sexual Abuse (18 November): “Today I am calling on policy-makers everywhere to listen to, and learn from, the victims and survivors of childhood sexual violence when...
15/11/2023 | President
Joint Statement by Mr Tiny Kox, President of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe; Ms Ana Lilia Rivera, Speaker of the Mexican Senate; and Ms Marcela Guerra Castillo, Speaker of the Mexican Chamber of Deputies: 15 November 2023 On the occasion of the official visit to Mexico by Mr...
14/11/2023 | President
PACE President Tiny Kox, in an address to the Mexican Senate, has hailed Mexico as part of “Europe’s political neighbourhood” despite its geographical distance, and underlined its commitment to democratic values as the only Council of Europe observer state in Latin America for the last quarter of...
06/11/2023 | President
PACE President Tiny Kox has reminded Council of Europe leaders of the pledges they made at the Reykjavik Summit a few months ago to uphold the principles of democracy – and expressed his conviction that these principles, if properly applied, can help to prevent war. Speaking at the opening...
27/10/2023 | President
Tiny Kox, President of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE), made the following statement to mark the Day of Political Prisoners (30 October): “30 October marks the Day of Political Prisoners. On this day in 1974, political prisoners in the USSR held a general hunger strike...
24/10/2023 | President
PACE President Tiny Kox has again urged the international community to remain united and focused on bringing a just peace to Ukraine, fully restoring its territorial integrity, ensuring justice for victims, and holding Russia to account. Speaking at the second parliamentary summit of the...