10/06/2013 | Monitoring
Pedro Agramunt (Spain, EPP/CD) and Joseph Debono Grech (Malta, SOC), PACE co-rapporteurs for the monitoring of Azerbaijan, will visit the country from 11 to 13 June 2013, to further assess the honouring of its obligations and commitments to the Council of Europe.
06/06/2013 | Monitoring
“We have closely followed the events taking place in Turkey in the last few days,” said Josette Durrieu (France, SOC), PACE rapporteur for post-monitoring dialogue with Turkey, appealing for calm and dialogue.
31/05/2013 | Monitoring
Karin S. Woldseth (Norway, EDG) and Egidijus Vareikis (Lithuania, EPP/CD), co-rapporteurs for the Council of Europe Parliamentary Assembly’s (PACE) monitoring of Bosnia and Herzegovina, will make a fact-finding visit to the country from 3 to 5 June 2013. In Sarajevo, they are due to meet members of the Presidency, the Foreign Minister and members of the Bosnian parliamentary delegation to PACE, as well as the High Representative, the EU Special Representative and other diplomatic representatives.
27/05/2013 | Monitoring
Michael Aastrup Jensen (Denmark, ALDE) and Boriss Cilevičs (Latvia, SOC), PACE co-rapporteurs for the monitoring of Georgia, have called on the Georgian authorities to ensure that the legal proceedings against former Prime Minister Merabishvili and former Healthcare Minister Tchiaberashvili are conducted transparently...
17/05/2013 | Monitoring
A PACE delegation* looking into the consequences of the 2008 war between Russia and Georgia has deeply regretted that the de facto authorities in Tskhinvali and Sukhumi refused to receive the delegation. The delegation has just returned from a visit to Moscow and Tbilisi (12-15 May 2013).
25/04/2013 | Monitoring
PACE Monitoring Committee has recommended that the Assembly should open a “monitoring procedure” in respect of Hungary, citing deep concerns at “the erosion of democratic checks and balances” as a result of the new constitutional framework in the country. In an opinion, the committee said there are “serious and sustained concerns” ...
17/04/2013 | Monitoring
Mailis Reps (Estonia, ALDE) and Marietta de Pourbaix-Lundin (Sweden, EPP/CD), PACE co-rapporteurs for the monitoring of Ukraine), have welcomed the continuing efforts displayed by the Ukrainian authorities to reform the judiciary ...
16/04/2013 | Monitoring
The co-rapporteurs for PACE's monitoring of Georgia, Michael Aastrup Jensen (Denmark, ALDE) and Boriss Cilevics (Latvia, SOC), have welcomed the recently-adopted reforms of the justice system. Speaking following a four-day visit to the country (8-11 April 2013), they said: “These reforms will greatly improve the independence of the judiciary, which is something we have repeatedly called for..."
15/04/2013 | Monitoring
Jonathan Evans (United Kingdom, EDG) and Grigore Petrenco (Moldova, UEL), Council of Europe Parliamentary Assembly (PACE) co-rapporteurs on the honouring of obligations and commitments by Albania, are to make a fact-finding visit to Tirana from 17 to 19 April 2013.
11/04/2013 | Monitoring
Marietta de Pourbaix-Lundin (Sweden, EPP/CD) and Mailis Reps (Estonia, ALDE), PACE co-rapporteurs on the honouring of obligations and commitments by Ukraine, will visit the country from 14 to 16 April 2013, to assess the constitutional reform and the reform of the Criminal Code and the Prosecutor’s Office. They will also examine the situation of imprisoned former government members.
05/04/2013 | Monitoring
Michael Aastrup Jensen (Denmark, ALDE) and Boriss Cilevičs (Latvia, SOC) PACE co-rapporteurs on the honouring of obligations and commitments by Georgia, will undertake a fact-finding visit to the country from 8 to 11 April.
26/03/2013 | Monitoring
PACE monitoring co-rapporteurs for Georgia, Michael Aastrup Jensen (Denmark, ALDE) and Boriss Cilevičs (Latvia, SOC), have welcomed yesterday’s adoption, with broad bipartisan support, of the constitutional amendment that removed the possibility for the President to appoint a new government without the parliament’s approval.