11/06/2015 | President
“Politicians must break the negative stereotypes and destroy the myths about the dangers of migration”, said Anne Brasseur, speaking at the end of a visit to UN institutions in Geneva.
06/06/2015 | President
Anne Brasseur, President of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE), has joined the appeals for calm following yesterday's explosions at a rally of the HDP party in Diyarbakir.
04/06/2015 | President
“United, we can fight corruption,” said Anne Brasseur, President of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE), speaking today at the end of a working visit to Rome, Italy.
03/06/2015 | President
Anne Brasseur will be visiting Rome tomorrow, where she will meet Sergio Mattarella, President of the Republic, and Laura Boldrini, Speaker of the Chamber of Deputies.
03/06/2015 | President
Anne Brasseur has strongly condemned a vicious attack on the Grozny offices of the Committee against Torture, a Russian NGO which was awarded the Assembly’s inaugural Human Rights Prize in 2011.
28/05/2015 | President
“Following the arrests of leading FIFA officials, football’s global body is once again shaken by a scandal. It is imperative that FIFA continue to reform the governance of this organisation,” said Anne Brasseur.
24/05/2015 | President
I am deeply concerned by Russia's new law on 'undesirable' non-governmental organisations, which has just been signed into law by President Putin," said PACE President Anne Brasseur.
19/05/2015 | President
Addressing the Session of the Committee of Ministers in Brussels, PACE's President commented on the worrying increase of intolerance and hate speech. "Hate and intolerance are undermining our democracies,” she said.
09/05/2015 | President
Since its accession to the Council of Europe in 1999, the Georgian people demonstrated on numerous occasions their commitment to our common European values of democracy, human rights and the rule of law, said Anne Brasseur.
09/05/2015 | President
"Working together to consolidate democracy, tolerance and living together is the best tribute we can pay to the victims and heroes of the Second World War," PACE President said today at a ceremony to mark the end of WWII.
05/05/2015 | President
Anne Brasseur will make an official visit to Georgia on 7-8 May 2015. In Tbilisi, she is due to meet the President of the Republic, the Prime Minister, the Speaker of Parliament and the Minister of Foreign Affairs.
05/05/2015 | President
“The European Flag, which depicts a circle, symbol of unity, means a lot. It stands for the ambition and the reality of European unification,” said Anne Brasseur, on the occasion of the 66th anniversary of the Council of Europe.