09/04/2025 | Session
“More than eleven years after its start, the illegal, unprovoked and unjustified war of aggression of the Russian Federation against Ukraine continues to rage, causing endless damage and suffering to Ukraine and its people,” today reaffirmed PACE following an urgent debate. The Assembly warned...
08/04/2025 | Session
Seven former Presidents of the Parliamentary Assembly gathered in the Assembly’s debating chamber today, on the first day of its 2025 spring session, at the invitation of current President Theodoros Rousopoulos – and took time out to talk about the biggest challenge they faced during their time...
08/04/2025 | Session
“Over the past thirty years, the Council of Europe has become an essential ally in the modernisation of our institutions and legislation, and the guarantor of the balance between the rights and duties of citizens in building an advanced, responsible and sustainable democracy,” he said. In his...
08/04/2025 | Session
The Parliamentary Assembly, during its spring plenary session, held a current affairs debate on the “Protests and rallies in the Western Balkans and Central Europe”. George Papandreou (Greece, SOC) opened the debate.28 speakers took the floor during the debate. No report is prepared for a current...
08/04/2025 | Session
Council of Europe Secretary General Alain Berset took questions from members of the Parliamentary Assembly in his traditional question-and-answer session during the PACE spring plenary session. Members put some 28 questions in total.
08/04/2025 | Session
Adopting a resolution today, based on a report by Yevheniia Kravchuk (Ukraine, ALDE), PACE has decided to amend its Rules of Procedure, in particular to strengthen the youth perspective in the Assembly's work and enable the establishment of youth rapporteurs; and to improve transparency and...
08/04/2025 | Session
The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) has urged European countries to build resilience against “foreign interference” which aims to undermine democracy in Europe – calling for transparency in government and politics, stronger democratic institutions and an informed and...
08/04/2025 | Session
PACE today expressed concern about the growing divergence between international law and member states’ practice as regards collective expulsions of foreigners, recalling that such expulsions are “formally prohibited under Article 4 of Protocol No. 4 to the European Convention on Human Rights...
07/04/2025 | Session
“The outcome of the war of aggression against Ukraine is bound to shape the future of our continent. European democracies must continue to fully support Ukraine in its fight against the brutal and illegal aggression by the Russian Federation and strengthen this support as much as needed,” said...
07/04/2025 | Session
Presenting his first annual report today, the Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights, Michael O’Flaherty, warns that we stand at an inflection point for human rights and urges member states to renew their commitment to human rights. Addressing members of national parliaments from the 46...
07/04/2025 | Session
Despite some shortcomings and a polarised environment marked by increasingly harsh rhetoric, the calm and inclusive conduct of the elections to the Assembly of Kosovo on 9 February 2025 and the commitment of voters to democracy “represent a positive step towards bringing the country into line...
07/04/2025 | Session
The lists of candidates for the posts of judges at the European Court of Human Rights submitted by Monaco and the Slovak Republic; the observation of the recent elections to the Assembly of Kosovo*, and of the upcoming elections in Albania and Poland; the role of parliamentarians in drawing up a...