05/09/2014 | Political Affairs and Democracy
Neo-Nazis are not to be disregarded, or indeed turned into martyrs, the Political Affairs Committee members emphasised by unanimously adopting a report by Marietta Pourbaix-Lundin on "Counteraction to manifestations of neo-Nazism".
04/09/2014 | Political Affairs and Democracy
Bogdan Klich, rapporteur on evaluation of the partnership for democracy in respect of the Parliament of Morocco, has called on the Parliament to play a more active role in pushing for reforms.
19/08/2014 | Political Affairs and Democracy
Theodora Bakoyannis has called on the international community to send humanitarian aid to religious groups in Iraq threatened by the terrorist insurgency there and to help restore security.
11/07/2014 | Political Affairs and Democracy
"Morocco represents a unique model of transition towards democracy and is an example for the whole region. Bold reforms are required to fully implement the democratic potential of the 2011 Constitution," said Bogdan Klich.
04/07/2014 | Political Affairs and Democracy
Bogdan Klich, who is preparing a report to evaluate the Moroccan Parliament’s “Partnership for democracy” with the PACE, will make a fact-finding visit to Morocco from 6 to 10 July.
25/06/2014 | Political Affairs and Democracy
The committee calls for the immediate release of the three Israeli teenagers, Eyal Yifrah, Gilad Shaar and Naftali Frenkel,who were abducted whilst hitchhiking in Area C of the West Bank on 12 June.
24/06/2014 | Political Affairs and Democracy
The rise in populist parties cannot be put down to rejection of Europe. Financial insecurity, mass unemployment, economic paralysis, stagnant growth and global financial disorder are the real causes of the public concern.
24/06/2014 | Political Affairs and Democracy
The committee, following a proposal by its Chairperson Theodora Bakoyannis held a Conference on "Freedom of religion or belief in the Middle East and the Southern Mediterranean" in Athens on 7 May.
15/05/2014 | Political Affairs and Democracy
“Belarus’s efforts to move closer to the PACE will remain vain and fruitless as long as the death penalty is imposed on any Belarusian citizen,” two rapporteurs said, speaking following the execution of Hryhoriy Yuzepchuk.
13/05/2014 | Political Affairs and Democracy
Underlining the need to continue negotiations with a view to achieve a mutually acceptable political solution to the Western Sahara conflict, the committee called on all parties to show realism and a spirit of compromise.
07/05/2014 | Political Affairs and Democracy
A specific framework of co-operation between the CoE and its partners in the near Muslim world is needed. PACE, through the tool of ‘partnership for democracy’, has a special role to play in this regard.
07/05/2014 | Political Affairs and Democracy
The Parliamentary Assembly constitutes an ideal forum for the debate on the future political form of the EU and more specifically the challenges of opting for a federal Europe, said the Political Affairs Committee.