20/03/2023 | Political Affairs and Democracy
“The parliamentary dimension of the 4th Council of Europe Summit, taking place in Reykjavik on 16 and 17 May next, will be assured as there will be an extraordinary meeting of the Standing Committee of our Assembly,” PACE President Tiny Kox said today, addressing a meeting of the Assembly’s...
24/01/2023 | Session
The Partnership for Democracy introduced in 2010 has reached its primary goal of establishing structured and value-based co-operation with the parliaments of neighbouring countries willing to perform a rapprochement with the Assembly on the basis of shared values, according to PACE’s Committee on...
13/12/2022 | Political Affairs and Democracy
At a defining moment in European history, Council of Europe member states, at the highest political level, should “reaffirm their unity around common values and their unfaltering commitment to multilateralism based on international law”, PACE’s Political Affairs Committee has said. Approving a...
06/12/2022 | Political Affairs and Democracy
The PACE Sub-Committee on External Relations met in New York on 28-30 November 2022 on the occasion of the 77th Session of the United Nations General Assembly, with Antonio Gutiérrez Limones (Spain, SOC) in the Chair and with the participation of PACE Secretary General Despina Chatzivassiliou...
25/11/2022 | Political Affairs and Democracy
The Sub-Committee on External Relations will visit the United Nations from 28 to 30 November on the occasion of the 77th Session of the General Assembly. Meetings are scheduled notably with Csaba Kőrösi, President of the General Assembly, Achim Steiner, Under-Secretary-General, Administrator of...
13/09/2022 | Political Affairs and Democracy
In 2003, the EU expressed its unequivocal support for the European perspective of the Western Balkans, but the length of time that has elapsed and failure to adequately reward progress have sapped political momentum and public enthusiasm. “The European vision is losing its shine. In its place...
13/09/2022 | Political Affairs and Democracy
PACE’s Political Affairs Committee has urged the United Kingdom to ensure that Brexit does not result in any diminution of rights for the people of Northern Ireland, warning that the withdrawal from the European Union had “reignited deep-seated tensions in Northern Irish society, furthering...
13/09/2022 | Political Affairs and Democracy
The Committee on Political Affairs and Democracy has made the following declaration for the International Day of Democracy (15 September): The world is confronted with epochal and global challenges which interact and magnify each other’s effects. In Ukraine, people are losing their lives and...
03/06/2022 | Political Affairs and Democracy
Piero Fassino (Italy, SOC) will visit Cyprus on behalf of the Committee on Political Affairs and Democracy of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) from 6 to 8 June 2022, to gather information for his report on a “Call for Famagusta’s return to its lawful inhabitants”. During...
16/05/2022 | Political Affairs and Democracy
In a new security context which is fraught with risks as a result of Russia’s aggression against Ukraine, the PACE Political Affairs Committee is urging European nations to reinforce their wider “democratic security” by renewing their commitment to the Council of Europe’s core values of human...
25/04/2022 | Political Affairs and Democracy
Describing Russia’s aggression against Ukraine as “an act of unprecedented gravity” with far-reaching consequences worldwide, PACE’s Political Affairs Committee has made a strong call for unity in supporting Ukraine and for putting maximum pressure on the Russian Federation to cease its...
04/04/2022 | Political Affairs and Democracy
In the context of Russia's aggression against Ukraine and its exclusion from the Council of Europe, the Political Affairs Committee has stressed the importance of strengthening the strategic partnership between the Council of Europe and the EU, “on the basis of their shared values and commitment...