04/02/2015 | President
"Václav Havel was a dissident, a statesman and a man with dreams. When he addressed PACE in 1990, he said: ‘Without dreaming of a better Europe we shall never build a better Europe’,” PACE President stressed.
24/01/2015 | President
Reacting to the recent escalation of violence in Eastern Ukraine which has already lead to heavy casualties among civilians in Donetsk and in Mariupol, Anne Brasseur reiterated her call on all sides to stop the fighting.
21/01/2015 | President
PACE President Anne Brasseur has asked Russian Duma Speaker Sergey Naryshkin for his assistance in securing the urgent release of detained Ukrainian pilot Nadiya Savchenko, in time to allow her to be present for the January session.
15/01/2015 | President
“Europe needs the Council of Europe more than ever,” said Anne Brasseur, speaking at the end of a three-day working visit to Berlin, during which she met the President, Speaker of Parliament and a number of ministers, among others.
14/01/2015 | President
“Yesterday, at the invitation of the President of the Bundestag, I joined the march for tolerance organised in Berlin by Muslim religious leaders in order to take a proactive stand against racism, hatred and intolerance," said Anne Brasseur.
14/01/2015 | President
The Presidential Committee of PACE meets Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko and the Speaker of the Verkhovna Rada Volodymyr Groysman, among others, during a visit to Kyiv on 15-16 January.
09/01/2015 | President
PACE President Anne Brasseur is currently making an official visit to Germany. In Berlin, she met the President of the Federal Republic, the President of the Bundestag, and the Minister for Foreign Affairs (above).
07/01/2015 | President
“I am deeply shocked at today’s terrorist attack at the Paris offices of the satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo,” says PACE President Anne Brasseur.
19/12/2014 | President
“We have to intensify our efforts and recognise culture as a major catalyst for promoting the respect of human rights” said Anne Brasseur on the occasion of the 60th anniversary of the European Cultural Convention.
18/12/2014 | President
“I note the view of the Court of Justice of the EU, made public in its opinion today, that the proposed arrangements for the EU’s accession to the European Convention on Human Rights are not – as they stand at the moment – compatible with EU law,” the President of the Council of Europe...
17/12/2014 | President
2014 has been another deadly year for migrants in the Mediterranean. According to UNHCR data, at least 207,000 people have embarked on risky journeys, while 3,400 have reputedly died trying to reach Europe,” said Anne Brasseur.
15/12/2014 | President
PACE President Anne Brasseur has expressed grave concern at the arrests of a number of journalists and media representatives in Turkey. “Media freedom is one of the pillars of a democratic society,” she reminded.