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Working visit by PACE President to Denmark and Iceland

22/10/2015 | President

Anne Brasseur will be paying a working visit to Denmark (25-26 October) and Iceland (27-28 October). In Aarhus, the PACE President will deliver a speech at the opening of the “Play the Game” conference.

Anne Brasseur: 'Louis Jung marked the history of the Parliamentary Assembly'

22/10/2015 | President

PACE President extended sincere condolences to the family of Louis Jung, former French senator and President of the Assembly, and paid tribute to a fervent champion of the European project and Council of Europe values.

PACE President calls for solidarity in tackling refugee and migratory crisis

21/10/2015 | President

Speaking before the Congress of Local and Regional Authorities Anne Brasseur made a plea for solidarity of regions and municipalities to tackle “Europe’s number 1 challenge: the refugee and migratory crisis.”

PACE President presents eight-point blueprint to address migration crisis

18/10/2015 | President

Anne Brasseur, speaking in a debate on “The moral and economic imperative for fairer, smarter and more humane migration”, presented a blueprint to address the migration crisis at a pan-European level.

PACE President writes to Azerbaijan’s President Aliyev citing ‘deepest concerns’ over human rights situation

16/10/2015 | President

Anne Brasseur has written to President Ilham Aliyev expressing her “deepest concerns” over the deterioration of the situation in Azerbaijan as regards democracy, human rights and the rule of law.

PACE President condemns bomb attack in Ankara

10/10/2015 | President

Anne Brasseur strongly condemned the terrorist attack near the main railway station in Ankara, before a rally of the Turkish opposition, which left some eighty people dead and many wounded.

Anne Brasseur: ‘GAME OVER for the FIFA system’

09/10/2015 | President

“After a plethora of scandals, and following the latest corruption allegations, FIFA’s Ethics Committee has at last reacted with the suspensions of Sepp Blatter, Michel Platini and Jérôme Valcke,” said Anne Brasseur.

President expresses concern at attack on Hürriyet columnist

01/10/2015 | President

Raising the issue with the head of the Turkish delegation to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, President Anne Brasseur called on the authorities to promptly conduct a thorough and comprehensive investigation.

'In the face of indifference and rejection, we must move towards a globalisation of solidarity'

18/09/2015 | President

“In the course of my discussion with Pope Francis, I expressed my conviction that our absolute priority must be to deal with Europe’s migration crisis", PACE President Anne Brasseur said today.

Asylum: common solutions to common challenges with common humanity

17/09/2015 | President

PACE President met with EP President, as well as Johannes Hahn, Commissioner for European Neighbourhood Policy and Enlargement Negotiations, along with political leaders from the two parliaments.

Pope Francis receives PACE President at private audience

15/09/2015 | President

Anne Brasseur will have an audience with Pope Francis on 18 September. Discussions will focus on the refugee crisis, the issue of intercultural dialogue and its religious dimension and the No Hate Parliamentary Alliance.

PACE-EP Presidents to discuss the asylum crisis, the conflict in Ukraine and relations with Russia...

15/09/2015 | President

Anne Brasseur and Martin Schulz will meet tomorrow to discuss some of the main challenges affecting Europe and in particular the asylum crisis, the conflict in Ukraine and relations with Russia, as well as developments in Turkey.