05/02/2026 | Culture, Science, Education and Media
Mogens Jensen (Denmark, SOC), Chairperson of the Committee on Culture, Science, Education and Media, and Kim Valentin (Denmark, ALDE), Chairperson of the Parliamentary Alliance for Good Governance and Integrity in Sport, today made the following statement: “We have taken note with serious concern...
30/01/2026 | Session
Addresses by Moldovan President Maia Sandu and Armenian Foreign Minister Ararat Mirzoyan were among highlights of the winter plenary session of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE), which took place in Strasbourg from 26 to 30 January 2026. There were urgent debates on...
30/01/2026 | New Democratic Pact
On 29 January the Parliamentary Assembly established a Special Committee on the New Democratic Pact, demonstrating the importance that the Assembly attaches to boosting democracy in Council of Europe member states and to the Council of Europe’s initiative to launch a New Democratic Pact for...
30/01/2026 | Session
The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE), meeting in plenary session in Strasbourg, today decided “to close the post-monitoring dialogue with North Macedonia”. By adopting a resolution, based on the report by Sibel Arslan (Switzerland, SOC) and Joseph O'Reilly (Ireland, EPP/CD...
30/01/2026 | Session
Marking the 65th anniversary of the European Social Charter, PACE reaffirmed that social rights are a core pillar of democratic stability, recalling that the Charter was drawn up as a “cornerstone instrument” and as the counterpart, in the sphere of economic and social rights, to the European...
30/01/2026 | Session
PACE this morning held a “free debate” on current issues not included in the session agenda. On this occasion, members could speak on any issue which falls within the Assembly’s mandate. Seventeen parliamentarians took the floor.
30/01/2026 | Election observation
The Parliamentary Alliance for Free and Fair Elections, which groups over 70 PACE members, has set out new ways to make election observation efforts “sharper and more practical” in the face of acute polarization, foreign interference, large-scale disinformation, cyber incidents, opaque financing...
29/01/2026 | Session
Any decisions concerning the future status of Greenland, or its relations within the Kingdom of Denmark, may be taken “only by the people of Greenland and the people of Denmark”, the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) has said. Approving a resolution on the case of Greenland...
29/01/2026 | Session
Faced with instability in the broader Middle East and serious human rights violations in both the Islamic Republic of Iran and the Syrian Arab Republic disproportionately affecting minority communities, PACE said that the lasting peace and stability in the region “could only be achieved through...
29/01/2026 | President
The first meeting of a new platform for dialogue between the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) and Russian democratic forces took place in Strasbourg today, on the margins of the Assembly’s winter plenary session. The new Platform, which was created last October, will enable...
29/01/2026 | Session
The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE), meeting in plenary session in Strasbourg, today called on member states to adopt legislation to “prohibit conversion practices, providing for criminal sanctions and based on a clear and comprehensive definition of the proscribed...
29/01/2026 | Legal Affairs and Human Rights
Eerik-Niiles Kross (Estonia, ALDE), Chair of the Committee on Legal Affairs and Human Rights, and Titus Corlăţean (Romania, SOC), PACE's rapporteur on accountability for the Russian Federation's war of aggression against Ukraine, have issued the following joint statement: 'We condemn the...