11/05/2021 | Political Affairs and Democracy
PACE’s Political Affairs Committee has condemned attempts by states to “interfere improperly or illicitly in democratic decision-making processes” in other states by funding political parties or campaigns – and set out a road-map for cracking down on the practice. Approving a report by Konstantin...
11/05/2021 | Political Affairs and Democracy
“I am deeply concerned about the sharp increase in violence between Israelis and Palestinians,” said Piero Fassino (Italy, SOC), PACE rapporteur on Recent developments in Libya and the Middle East: what consequences for Europe? “We must avoid at all costs that the situation degenerates further. I...
09/04/2021 | Political Affairs and Democracy
The PACE Political Affairs Committee will organise an international conference on 15 April by videoconference on “Global challenges and threats in the context of the Covid-19 pandemic: terrorism and violent extremism”, together with the Inter-Parliamentary Assembly of the Commonwealth of...
31/03/2021 | Political Affairs and Democracy
Belarus is being urged to comprehensively reform its electoral system to bring it into line with international standards for democratic elections. Approving a resolution based on a report by Lord Blencathra (United Kingdom, EC), the Assembly’s Committee on Political Affairs and Democracy said...
30/03/2021 | Political Affairs and Democracy
The Council of Europe must tackle existing and emerging threats to societies by promoting “a contemporary and comprehensive vision of human rights, including the rights of the new generation”, such as the right to a safe environment or the challenges linked to the emergence of new technologies...
30/03/2021 | Political Affairs and Democracy
Top officials and parliamentarians from the Council of Europe and the European Union have again discussed ways of strengthening co-operation between the two organisations, including greater dialogue between their two parliamentary arms, at a PACE hearing. Participants at the hearing, the latest...
30/03/2021 | Political Affairs and Democracy
In the face of aggressive tax planning, tax avoidance and profit-shifting practices by many multinational corporations, the Political Affairs Committee said that it was necessary for States to be provided with a broader tax base again to cover their public financing needs, pointing in particular...
10/12/2020 | Political Affairs and Democracy
Top officials and parliamentarians from the Council of Europe and the European Union have discussed ways of strengthening co-operation between the two organisations, in the light of their shared aims, at a PACE parliamentary hearing which took place on Human Rights Day. Participants at the...
07/12/2020 | Political Affairs and Democracy
Strengthening co-operation between the 47-nation Council of Europe and the 27-nation European Union, including EU accession to the European Convention on Human Rights, will be the focus of a virtual parliamentary hearing to be livestreamed from around 10.30 am CET on Thursday 10th December. The...
30/11/2020 | Equality and Non-Discrimination
“Over 20 years after the drafting and opening for signature of the Charter of European Political Parties for a Non-Racist Society, the time is ripe to update this text, as we have witnessed changes in the political landscape – with the emergence of populist and xenophobic movements – and in...
30/10/2020 | Political Affairs and Democracy
"In an already difficult context of the health crisis and now of lockdown, France has once again been struck by cowardly violence and a blind brutality that shatters lives and families. My thoughts and condolences go out to the relatives of the victims," said Marietta Karamanli (France, SOC...
15/10/2020 | Political Affairs and Democracy
“The unilateral move to open the closed parts of Varosha is clearly contrary to the provisions of the standing international resolutions on the Cyprus issue,” said Dame Cheryl Gillan (United Kingdom, EC/DA), Chair of the Committee on Political Affairs and Democracy of the Parliamentary Assembly...