17/09/2014 | President
During her visit to PACE President Anne Brasseur in Strasbourg, Italian Foreign Minister Federica Mogherini reiterated her interest and willingness to address PACE at one of its forthcoming sessions.
12/09/2014 | President
Europe needs strong parliaments to promote its common values, backed up by the 'anchor' of the European Convention on Human Rights, heads of parliament from across the continent have agreed.
11/09/2014 | President
Assembly President Anne Brasseur has urged parliamentarians to speak out on the dangers facing the European Court of Human Rights, such as the non-implementation of a few judgments.
10/09/2014 | President
PACE President Anne Brasseur and Olemic Thommessen, President of the Storting, fully support the proposal for a European Day for the Victims of Hate Crime on 22 July, date of the Utoya attacks
08/09/2014 | President
PACE President Anne Brasseur has paid tribute to Jim Dobbin, a member of the British delegation to PACE, who passed away suddenly while on a visit to Poland as part of an Assembly delegation.
05/09/2014 | President
Anne Brasseur, will make an official visit to Norway on 10-12 September. She will meet in Oslo the President of the Storting and the Vice-President of the Storting and Chair of the Norwegian delegation to PACE.
05/09/2014 | President
At the end of her three-day official visit to Romania, Anne Brasseur welcomed the authorities' firm commitment to the European project.
02/09/2014 | President
PACE President Anne Brasseur met today with the Speaker of the Russian State Duma, Sergey Naryshkin, together with the leaders of the Parliamentary Assembly’s political groups.
02/09/2014 | President
Anne Brasseur will make an official visit to Romania on 3-5 September. She is due to meet in Bucharest, notably, the President of the Chamber of Deputies, the President of the Senate and the Prime Minister.
29/08/2014 | President
After her high level official visit to the Czech Republic, Parliamentary Assembly President Anne Brasseur was pleased to note that “the political and human rights spirit of Václav Havel lives on in the country.”
29/08/2014 | President
“I am gravely concerned by the reports of escalation of the conflict in Eastern Ukraine and its implications for the two member states of the Council of Europe, Russia and Ukraine,” said Anne Brasseur.
27/08/2014 | President
Anne Brasseur welcomed the long-term ceasefire deal reached between Israel and the Palestinians. She called on both sides to live up to their commitments and to engage in a meaningful political dialogue.