05/09/2013 | Political Affairs and Democracy
Meeting in Paris, the committee sets out a series of measures designed to guarantee fair taxation of global profits, and encourages the OECD “to step up its fight against the widespread aggressive tax evasion.
04/09/2013 | Political Affairs and Democracy
Xenophobia and anti-Europeanism seem to go hand in hand in many countries across the continent, stressed experts at a hearing on counteraction to manifestations of neo-Nazism and xenophobia.
03/09/2013 | Political Affairs and Democracy
The Political Affairs Committee will discuss the political transition in Egypt during a hearing to be held tomorrow, 4 September, in Paris, in the context of a report on this issue prepared by José María Beneyto.
01/08/2013 | Political Affairs and Democracy
The Chair of the Committee on Political Affairs, joined by Pietro Marcenaro, former PACE Rapporteur on the situation in Syria, has expressed deep concern at the disappearance of Father Paolo Dall’Oglio.
26/07/2013 | Political Affairs and Democracy
"I strongly condemn the murder of Mohamed Brahmi, an opposition member of the Constituent Assembly. Not only did the murderers execute him in cold blood; they caused a setback to democratic development," Anne Brasseur said.
24/06/2013 | Political Affairs and Democracy
“The authorities in Gaza made public the execution of two so-called ‘collaborators’. These executions are a clear violation of the ‘Partnership for democracy’ with the Assembly, in which the PNC took upon itself", Tiny Kox said.
11/06/2013 | Political Affairs and Democracy
Tiny Kox, the rapporteur on the Palestinian National Council’s ‘Partnership for democracy’ with Assembly, has called on the relevant Palestinian authorities to “respect their agreement with PACE” and prevent any executions.
06/06/2013 | Political Affairs and Democracy
On the basis of a report by Pietro Marcenaro (Italy, SOC) on the situation in the Middle East, the PACE Committee on Political Affairs and Democracy, meeting in Paris today, reiterated its support for a solution establishing “two states for two peoples”, while emphasising the need to qualify this expression by specifying “two democratic and pluralist states”.
06/06/2013 | Political Affairs and Democracy
“When, in 2011, the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) agreed to grant partnership for democracy status to the Moroccan parliament, it stressed that the prime aim was progress in taking forward reforms and I note with satisfaction that this aim has been achieved. The partnership for democracy has created new dynamics between the Council of Europe and Morocco,” ...
05/06/2013 | Political Affairs and Democracy
“Revenue shortfalls due to tax evasion and aggressive tax avoidance practices of multinational companies, exploiting cross-border accounting to maximise their profits, challenge our democratic systems,” rapporteur Dirk Van der Maelen (Belgium, SOC) said at a hearing ...
24/05/2013 | Political Affairs and Democracy
Liliane Maury Pasquier (Switzerland, SOC), PACE Rapporteur of the Committee on Political Affairs and Democracy on the parliamentary contribution to solving the Western Sahara conflict, currently on a visit to Rabat and to Laayoune (21-24 May 2013), has met with national and local Moroccan authorities...
26/04/2013 | Political Affairs and Democracy
The members of the Sub-Committee on the Middle East of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE), chaired by Josette Durrieu (France, SOC), will make a visit to Israel from 30 April to 1 May 2013, thus completing the second part of their visit to the Middle East – they visited Jordan on 6 and 7 April, followed by the Palestinian Territories on 8 and 9 April.