15/09/2025 | Political Affairs and Democracy
PACE’s Political Affairs Committee has proposed the creation of a Platform for Dialogue between the Assembly and Russian democratic forces in exile. Participants in the platform – whose composition would be approved each year based on a set of criteria – would be able to hold a two-way exchange...
12/09/2025 | Political Affairs and Democracy
Against a context of democratic backsliding and waning public trust in politics, the Committee on Political Affairs and Democracy has urged political parties to put themselves at the heart of democratic renewal by widening their engagement with citizens. Adopting a report by Ingjerd Schie Schou...
11/09/2025 | Political Affairs and Democracy
“The Assembly remains committed to co-operation with Kazakhstan that is based on shared values and is determined to support the country to continue its democratic reforms,” said the Committee on Political Affairs and Democracy. Adopting a draft resolution based on a report by Zsolt Németh...
10/09/2025 | Political Affairs and Democracy
Statement by the Committee on Political Affairs and Democracy of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE), issued today: “Joining concerns expressed by the President of the Assembly, the Committee on Political Affairs and Democracy of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of...
29/08/2025 | Political Affairs and Democracy
“The most destructive Russian bombing of Kyiv since the start of the war of aggression against Ukraine took place overnight on 28 August: sources report 23 deaths, including four children, and dozens more wounded,” today stated Piero Fassino (Italy, SOC), rapporteur of the Parliamentary Assembly...
28/07/2025 | Political Affairs and Democracy
PACE's rapporteur on the situation in the Middle East, Dora Bakoyannis (Greece, EPP/CD), made the following statement today: “The encouraging news that some humanitarian aid is reaching Gaza is overshadowed by the grim reality of what Gaza has become: a landscape of death and devastation. 661...
24/07/2025 | Political Affairs and Democracy
Piero Fassino (Italy, SOC), rapporteur of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) on The political consequences of the Russian Federation’s war of aggression against Ukraine, ending a visit to the country, said that “yesterday's meeting held in Istanbul between Russian and...
22/06/2025 | Political Affairs and Democracy
“The release of Siarhii Tsikhanouskiy and 13 other political prisoners in Belarus is excellent news in today’s uncertain world,” said three general rapporteurs of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) in a joint statement. “These releases are the result of unstinting efforts...
30/05/2025 | Political Affairs and Democracy
“I express in the strongest possible terms my deep concern and unequivocal condemnation of the recent decision by an Egyptian court to suspend the operation of the Holy Monastery of Saint Catherine, confiscate its property, and expel its monastic community. This act is a direct affront to...
30/05/2025 | Political Affairs and Democracy
The Committee on Political Affairs, meeting on 27 May in Chania (Greece), expressed concern about the dramatic situation of Ukrainian prisoners of war, “subjected to summary executions, widespread and systematic torture and ill-treatment, amounting to war crimes”. Adopting the report by...
26/05/2025 | President
“The Russian Federation’s war of aggression against Ukraine is a turning point in our post-war history. It is not just a geopolitical crisis – it is a moral one,” PACE President Theodoros Rousopoulos said today at the opening of the PACE Political Affairs Committee meeting in Chania, Greece...
16/05/2025 | Political Affairs and Democracy
PACE's rapporteur on the situation in the Middle East, Dora Bakoyannis (Greece, EPP/CD), made the following statement today: "'He who has a why to live can bear almost any how,' wrote Nietzsche. In the case of Gaza, however, that 'how' has become unbearable. For all of us who fervently support a...