22/03/2013 | Monitoring
“As rapporteur of the PACE on post-monitoring dialogue with Turkey, I first wish to support the statement issued by our President Jean-Claude Mignon welcoming the PKK leader’s call for a truce. This is a crucial stage in the continuing peace process, begun in December 2012 by the Turkish authorities with Abdullah Öcalan. The end of all the violence is a precondition for any negotiations,” Josette Durrieu (France, SOC) said today.
20/03/2013 | Monitoring
Theodora Bakoyannis (Greece, EPP/CD) has been appointed as a co-rapporteur for PACE’s monitoring of the Russian Federation, to replace György Frunda (Romania, EPP/CD), who leaves this post after three years. She will work alongside the existing co-rapporteur Andreas Gross (Switzerland, SOC). The Russian Federation is one of ten Council of Europe member states subject to the monitoring procedure, which assesses how far a country honours its obligations and commitments to the Council of Europe.
06/03/2013 | Monitoring
Following their visit to Budapest from 25 to 27 February 2013, PACE co-rapporteurs for the opinion on the opening of a monitoring procedure in respect of Hungary, Kerstin Lundgren (Sweden, ALDE) and Jana Fischerová (Czech Republic, EDG), have expressed their concern about the recently proposed amendments to the Hungarian Constitution (the so-called fourth amendment).
22/02/2013 | Monitoring
Jana Fischerová (Czech Republic, EDG) and Kerstin Lundgren (Sweden, ALDE), 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 – following a motion signed by 24 members of the Assembly in January 2011 – will make a fact-finding visit to Budapest on 25-27 February 2013.
22/02/2013 | Monitoring
Jana Fischerová (Czech Republic, EDG) and Kerstin Lundgren (Sweden, ALDE), 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 – following a motion signed by 24 members of the Assembly in January 2011 – will make a fact-finding visit to Budapest on 25-27 February 2013.
08/02/2013 | Monitoring
PACE co-rapporteurs on Georgia, Michael Aastrup Jensen (Denmark, ALDE) and Boriss Cilevičs (Latvia, SOC), have condemned the outbreak of violence during today’s protest in front of the National Library in Tbilisi where President Saakashvili was scheduled to make his “State of the Union” address.
06/02/2013 | Monitoring
Pedro Agramunt (Spain, EPP/CD) and Joseph Debono Grech (Malta, SOC), PACE's monitoring co-rapporteurs on Azerbaijan, have expressed their deep concern at recent worrying developments in Azerbaijan, including the detention, trial and sentencing of peaceful demonstrators and the arrest of opposition politicians.
01/02/2013 | Monitoring
Andreas Gross (Switzerland, SOC), PACE co-rapporteur on Russia for the Monitoring Committee, has expressed concern at the approval by the Russian Duma, at first reading, of a draft federal law on the “propaganda of homosexuality to minors” which, if finally adopted, is likely to increase discrimination against lesbians, gays, bisexuals and transsexuals (LGBT) by limiting their freedom of expression, association and assembly.
28/01/2013 | Monitoring
In a declaration adopted on 22 January, following the preliminary conclusions of Josette Durrieu (France, SOC), rapporteur for post-monitoring dialogue with Turkey, the PACE Monitoring Committee welcomed the resumption of talks by the Turkish authorities with a view to finding a political solution to the Kurdish issue.
12/12/2012 | Monitoring
While welcoming the substantial progress made by Bulgaria towards the fulfilment of its remaining obligations, the PACE Monitoring Committee today said that the current post-monitoring dialogue with the Bulgarian authorities should continue.
12/12/2012 | Monitoring
PACE Monitoring Committee today encouraged the authorities of Azerbaijan “to step up their efforts to implement the legislation in the areas crucial for the proper functioning of democratic institutions” and, against this background, said the monitoring of the country’s obligations and commitments should continue.
11/12/2012 | Monitoring
Following his visit to Tbilisi and Kutaisi from 5 to 7 December, Boriss Cilevics (Latvia SOC), co-rapporteur of the Assembly for the monitoring of Georgia, called on the political majority and opposition to fully respect each other’s constitutional roles and, in the interest of all Georgian citizens, ensure that the cohabitation between President and Government works.