13/04/2011 | Monitoring
In an information note on their fact-finding visit to Moscow and Kazan from 18 to 21 January 2011, the co-rapporteurs for the monitoring of Russia, György Frunda (Romania, EPP/CD) and Andreas Gross (Switzerland, SOC), state their intention of presenting a full monitoring report by the end of the year, so as to enable the Assembly to hold a debate on this subject after the legislative elections due in December 2011, but before the presidential election scheduled for mid-2012.
13/04/2011 | Monitoring
In an information note published today, the rapporteur for post-monitoring dialogue with Monaco, Anne Brasseur (Luxembourg, ALDE), underlines that many reforms remain to be devised and implemented so as to meet the requests formulated by PACE in 2009.
12/04/2011 | Monitoring
Karin Woldseth (Norway, EDG) and Jean-Claude Mignon (France, EPP/CD), PACE co-rapporteurs for the monitoring of Bosnia and Herzegovina, today made the following statement: “We deeply regret that more than six months after the general elections of 3 October 2010, the Parliamentary Assembly of Bosnia and Herzegovina has been unable to appoint a new delegation to the PACE.”
12/04/2011 | Monitoring
In an information note on their visit to Baku from 1 to 3 February 2011, published in Strasbourg today, Pedro Agramunt Font de Mora (Spain, EPP/CD) and Joseph Debono Grech (Malta, SOC), co-rapporteurs of the Monitoring Committee on Azerbaijan, said that they particularly valued the openness of the Azerbaijani authorities to political dialogue with the PACE.
11/04/2011 | Monitoring
“I am convinced that Ukraine’s rightful place is in Europe, and welcome its willingness to live up to European ideals and standards,” said Marietta de Pourbaix-Lundin (Sweden EPP/CD), PACE co-rapporteur for the monitoring of Ukraine, following a visit to Kyiv and Lviv. She welcomed the continuing efforts of the authorities to meet Ukraine’s commitments to the Council of Europe and to respond to Assembly recommendations. However, at the same time she also stressed that some recent developments gave rise to concern.
04/04/2011 | Monitoring
Marietta de Pourbaix-Lundin (Sweden, EPP/CD), PACE co-rapporteur on the honouring of obligations and commitments by Ukraine, will undertake a fact-finding visit to that country from 5 to 8 April. In Kyiv, meetings are planned with the President of the Republic Viktor Yanukovych, the Speaker of Parliament Volodymyr Lytvyn, the Minister of Justice and Head of the working group in charge of the reform of electoral legislation Oleksandr Lavrynovytch, the Head of the Security Service Valery Horoshkovskyi, and former Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko.
25/03/2011 | Monitoring
PACE’s Monitoring Committee today appointed Kerstin Lundgren (Sweden, ALDE) and Jana Fiszcherová (Czech Republic, EDG) as co-rapporteurs to prepare an opinion on the motion “Serious setbacks in the fields of the rule of law and human rights in Hungary” to be submitted to the Bureau of the Assembly.
25/03/2011 | Monitoring
Adopting a draft resolution on the honouring of obligations and commitments by Georgia, PACE Monitoring Committee today welcomed “the significant efforts” made by the authorities in honouring their remaining obligations and the “considerable progress” achieved since the last monitoring report adopted in 2008.
25/03/2011 | Monitoring
“We urge all political parties in Moldova to find a consensus and put an end to the political deadlock which has lasted now for almost two years,” declared PACE co-rapporteurs Lise Christoffersen (Norway, SOC) and Piotr Wach (Poland, EPP/CD), speaking at the end of their first fact-finding visit to Moldova from 21-24 March 2011. “The election of a President will contribute to political stability, give an impetus for the necessary reforms and improve citizens’ fundamental rights," they added.
23/03/2011 | Monitoring
At the end of a two-day visit to Yerevan, the PACE monitoring co-rapporteurs for Armenia, John Prescott (United Kingdom, SOC) and Axel Fischer (Germany, EPP/CD) have welcomed the significant number of reforms with regard to the police, judiciary and election framework that were initiated by the authorities to address the recommendations made in the wake of the March 2008 events by, among others, PACE and the National Assembly of Armenia.
18/03/2011 | Monitoring
Lise Christoffersen (Norway, SOC) and Piotr Wach (Poland, EPP/CD), PACE co-rapporteurs for the monitoring of Moldova will make a fact-finding visit to the country from 21-24 March 2011. Among other things, they will focus on the current political situation, including the state of play as regards the election of the President of the Republic, the latest developments in the field of justice and the media, and preparations for local elections.
11/03/2011 | Monitoring
John Prescott (United Kingdom, SOC) and Axel Fischer (Germany, EPP/CD), PACE co-rapporteurs on the honouring of obligations and commitments by Armenia, will make a fact-finding visit to the country on 16 and 17 March 2011. They will be focusing in particular on outstanding issues concerning the events of March 2008, the main elements of the reform package announced by the authorities, and the media environment.