24/06/2026 | Session
The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE), meeting in plenary session in Strasbourg, today expressed its concern at a broad climate of “silencing critical voices in Azerbaijan”, including through restrictive legislative measures, which effect has been to “suppress independent...
24/06/2026 | Session
The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) has raised “serious doubts” about the Georgian authorities’ willingness to abide by Council of Europe membership obligations – pointing to a “continuing breakdown of democracy” in the country. Debating a report by Edite Estrela (Portugal...
23/06/2026 | Session
The 12 April 2026 parliamentary elections in Hungary were not ordinary elections. They tested whether a European democracy, after 16 years of democratic erosion, could still find its way back through the ballot box. In his report, Pablo Hispán (Spain, EPP/CD), Head of the PACE election...
23/06/2026 | Session
Tanja Gonggrijp was elected today by the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) as the Deputy Secretary General of the Council of Europe. In an election held on the second day of the Assembly’s summer plenary session in Strasbourg, she received 135 votes to 59 for the other...
23/06/2026 | Session
Speaking to the Parliamentary Assembly, the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Co-operation of Monaco and President of the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe, Isabelle Berro-Amadeï, stressed the importance of promoting human rights, the rule of law and democracy in an international...
23/06/2026 | Session
Addressing the Parliamentary Assembly today, Council of Europe Secretary General Alain Berset highlighted the progress made in recent months to reinforce Europe’s democratic security and adapt the organisation’s capabilities to the new geopolitical reality. The Secretary General mentioned as...
23/06/2026 | Session
The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE), meeting in plenary session in Strasbourg, today welcomed the progress made by Serbia as regards combating corruption and the reform of the judiciary and prosecution services since its accession to the Council of Europe in 2003, in...
23/06/2026 | Session
PACE today strongly condemned “the brutal, murderous and systematic repression of the protests” that began in Iran in December 2025 and the intensification of this repression since the beginning of the armed conflict in February 2026 with Israel and the United States, including the expansion of...
23/06/2026 | Session
“The annulment of an internal party Congress and the forced replacement of elected party leaders that has the effect of changing the political landscape cannot be allowed to stand,” today said Lord David Blencathra (United Kingdom, ECPA), speaking at the opening of a current affairs debate on...
22/06/2026 | Session
PACE President Petra Bayr, opening the summer plenary session of PACE this morning in Strasbourg, has hailed the resilience of the Parliamentary Assembly in pressured times – and pledged its readiness to provide leadership on fundamental issues of human rights and democracy. “There are moments in...
22/06/2026 | Session
The 2026 Vigdís Prize for Women’s Empowerment has been awarded to My Voice, My Choice, a grassroots feminist movement originating in Slovenia that brings together more than 300 organisations from across the European Union to work towards safe and accessible abortion. The 60,000-euro annual prize...
22/06/2026 | Session
In a speech today to the Parliamentary Assembly, Monaco's Minister of State Christophe Mirmand has reaffirmed his country’s commitment to the founding values of the Council of Europe – human rights, the rule of law and democracy – and highlighted the need for a collective response to the crises...