26/06/2015 | President
“On the occasion of the global day of action for the ‘Support, don’t punish’ Campaign, I would like to join the Campaign’s call for better drug policies that prioritise public health and human rights,” today declared PACE President.
26/06/2015 | President
Anne Brasseur will make a working visit to Portugal on 2-3 July. Discussions will mainly focus on the fight against corruption, migration challenges, as well as the role and future of the North South Center.
26/06/2015 | President
“I condemn in the strongest possible terms this morning’s terrorist attack near Lyon,” said Anne Brasseur, addressing the Assembly on the closing day of its summer plenary session.
26/06/2015 | President
“I am deeply shocked at today’s wave of terrorist attacks in France, Tunisia and Kuwait which I condemn, on behalf of the Parliamentary Assembly, in the strongest possible terms,” said Anne Brasseur.
25/06/2015 | President
Anne Brasseur expressed her concern over draft amendments to the Constitution of the Kyrgyz Republic, which would endanger key democratic principles as had been revealed by the Venice Commission and OSCE/ODIHR in their recent joint opinion.
20/06/2015 | President
On the occasion of World Refugee Day, Anne Brasseur recalled that worldwide displacement was at its highest level ever recorded. Unfortunately, the situation is likely to worsen further.
16/06/2015 | President
Anne Brasseur, speaking at the end of a high-profile visit to refugee centres on the Syrian border, has highlighted Turkey’s “extraordinary welcome” for Syrian refugees – and urged other European countries to do more to help.
11/06/2015 | President
“Politicians must break the negative stereotypes and destroy the myths about the dangers of migration”, said Anne Brasseur, speaking at the end of a visit to UN institutions in Geneva.
06/06/2015 | President
Anne Brasseur, President of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE), has joined the appeals for calm following yesterday's explosions at a rally of the HDP party in Diyarbakir.
04/06/2015 | President
“United, we can fight corruption,” said Anne Brasseur, President of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE), speaking today at the end of a working visit to Rome, Italy.
03/06/2015 | President
Anne Brasseur will be visiting Rome tomorrow, where she will meet Sergio Mattarella, President of the Republic, and Laura Boldrini, Speaker of the Chamber of Deputies.
03/06/2015 | President
Anne Brasseur has strongly condemned a vicious attack on the Grozny offices of the Committee against Torture, a Russian NGO which was awarded the Assembly’s inaugural Human Rights Prize in 2011.