20/06/2016 | Session
The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) held this afternoon a free debate on current issues not included in the session agenda. Seventeen Assembly members took the floor.
20/06/2016 | Session
Council of Europe Secretary General Thorbjorn Jagland replied to questions from members of the Parliamentary Assembly in a question and answer session during the Assembly’s summer part-session.
13/06/2016 | Session
Addresses by Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras and Estonian Prime Minister Taavi Rõivas are among the highlights of the summer session of the Parliamentary Assembly taking place in Strasbourg on 20-24 June 2016.
22/04/2016 | Session
All member States must urgently draw conclusions from the tragic events in Brussels and other member States, which are “also due to failures and shortcomings” at national, EU and international levels.
22/04/2016 | Session
PACE today called on member states to devise protection policies and norms for persons displaced as a result of natural, chemical or nuclear disasters and for the victims of the consequences of climate change.
22/04/2016 | Session
PACE urges ‘rapid response’ health squads to handle international health emergencies PACE has called for the creation of ‘rapid response’ forces to handle international health emergencies such as the Zika virus, Ebola or H1N1.
22/04/2016 | Session
PACE has called for the withdrawal of a draft Council of Europe legal text on the involuntary placement and treatment of people with mental health problems on the ground that its basic premise is “discriminatory”.
21/04/2016 | Session
PACE has called on the Council of Europe member and observer States as well as partners for democracy to introduce the principle of parity into their Constitution to increase women’s political representation.
21/04/2016 | Session
In a speech to Council of Europe parliamentarians today, Georgian Prime Minister Giorgi Kvirikashvili outlined the ways in which his country had embraced European values.“We have made our choice,” he told the Assembly.
21/04/2016 | Session
“Over the past two years, Italy has made a number of reforms with a view to enhancing women’s political participation and ensuring a better gender balance in the institutions,” today said Maria Elena Boschi.
21/04/2016 | Session
PACE calls on member states to adopt sanctions against individuals involved in the kidnapping, unlawful detention, unfair trial and conviction of Nadyia Savchenko, unless she is released without further delay.
20/04/2016 | Session
The Assembly expressed its concern at the attacks against members of the Jewish community in Europe, and called on member states to consider the fight against antisemitism as a priority.