15/09/2015 | President
Anne Brasseur will have an audience with Pope Francis on 18 September. Discussions will focus on the refugee crisis, the issue of intercultural dialogue and its religious dimension and the No Hate Parliamentary Alliance.
15/09/2015 | President
Anne Brasseur and Martin Schulz will meet tomorrow to discuss some of the main challenges affecting Europe and in particular the asylum crisis, the conflict in Ukraine and relations with Russia, as well as developments in Turkey.
14/09/2015 | President
"Solidarity and inclusiveness are cornerstones of democracy, particularly in the present context, when some politicians choose the easy way of populism by blaming minorities," said Anne Brasseur.
09/09/2015 | President
"This spiral of violence must stop and I call on all actors to take a step back," said PACE President Anne Brasseur gravely concerned about the recent terrorist attacks in Turkey.
07/09/2015 | President
“The 300,000 refugees travelling through Europe is a significant number, but this is not an insurmountable figure for a continent as large and wealthy as Europe,” said Ms Brasseur at the end of a mission to New York.
02/09/2015 | President
Anne Brasseur has urged fellow parliamentarians to demand greater solidarity from governments in dealing with the challenge of migration, warning that “we are sleepwalking to disaster if we do not work together”.
01/09/2015 | President
Seven-and-a-half-year sentence for Khadija Ismayilova raises serious concerns, given the systemic problems with the lack of independence of the judiciary and fairness of trials in Azerbaijan, said the President.
28/08/2015 | President
It is intolerable to see that refugees and asylum seekers who have managed to escape war and conflict have lost their lives, in such inhumane conditions, due to the criminal activities of traffickers, said Anne Brasseur.
28/08/2015 | President
Anne Brasseur will travel to New York from 1 to 4 September to address the 4th World Conference of Speakers of Parliament, organised by the Inter-Parliamentary Union at the United Nations.
25/08/2015 | President
“The sentencing of Oleg Sentsov and Oleksandr Kolchenko on charges of terrorism, respectively to 20 and 10 years in prison, appears to be manifestly excessive," says PACE President Anne Brasseur.
23/08/2015 | President
Anne Brasseur welcomed the release of six political prisoners by the Belarusian authorities but expressed her continuing concern about the political orientation of leaders.
20/08/2015 | President
Anne Brasseur today expressed solidarity with the authorities of "the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia" over its declaration of a state of emergency, while also cautioning the government.