25/04/2017 | Session
Council of Europe Secretary General Thorbjørn Jagland today replied to questions from Parliamentary Assembly members in a question and answer session during the Assembly’s Spring part-session.
25/04/2017 | Session
PACE expressed its concern over income inequality – which has been steadily rising across Europe – and its effects on social cohesion, economic development and the functioning of democratic institutions.
25/04/2017 | Session
The Parliamentary Assembly has said that the human rights situation in the North Caucasus remains “one of the most serious in the entire geographical area covered by the Council of Europe”.
24/04/2017 | Session
The Council of Europe Parliamentary Assembly (PACE) today elected, at the opening of its Spring 2017 Session, Titus Corlăţean as a new Vice-President of the Assembly in respect of Romania.
24/04/2017 | Session
"It is important that the Committee of Ministers and the Parliamentary Assembly, as well as the Secretary General, continue to concert their efforts to face up to the challenges confronting Europe," said Ioannis Kasoulides.
24/04/2017 | Session
PACE members took part in a “free debate” this afternoon, in which they could speak on any current topic not already included in the session agenda. Some 50 parliamentarians put their names down to speak.
12/04/2017 | Session
The functioning of democratic institutions in Turkey will take centre-stage at the Spring plenary part-session of the Council of Europe Parliamentary Assembly to be held in Strasbourg from 24 to 28 April.
17/03/2017 | Session
The functioning of democratic institutions in Turkey is scheduled to be debated during the spring plenary session (24 to 28 April). Other highlight on the agenda is the debate on the situation of human rights in the North Caucasus.
27/01/2017 | Session
The Assembly today reminded member States to pay very close attention to safeguarding environmental, democratic, and human rights imperatives in Europe, when drafting the 'new generation trade agreements'.
27/01/2017 | Session
PACE has called on member States actively to promote equal access to employment for Roma and Travellers and to ensure that effective anti-discrimination laws are in place, providing for accessible complaints procedures.
27/01/2017 | Session
The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe held this week a free debate on current issues not included in the session agenda. Twenty-one Assembly members took the floor during the debate.
27/01/2017 | Session
PACE has backed the proposed Investment Court System (ICS) as a “reasonable compromise” for arbitrating in commercial disputes between states and foreign investors.