28/04/2026 | President
For more than thirty years, “the Assembly together with the Venice Commission and the Congress has not only monitored elections. We have helped shape electoral legislation, guided democratic reforms, and strengthened public trust in democratic institutions,” said PACE President Petra Bayr today...
27/04/2026 | Monitoring
The Rapporteurs on Türkiye of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) Lord David Blencathra (United Kingdom, ECPA) and Yves Cruchten (Luxembourg, SOC), of the Congress of Local and Regional Authorities of the Council of Europe Bryony Rudkin (United Kingdom, SOC/G/PD), of the...
24/04/2026 | Session
Addresses by the Chairperson of the Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina Denis Bećirović and France’s Europe and Foreign Affairs Minister Jean-Noël Barrot were among highlights of the spring plenary session of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE), which took place in...
24/04/2026 | 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.
23/04/2026 | Session
“We are the leading international Organisation to support Ukraine, neither with money, nor with weapons, but with political power,” today said Frank Schwabe (Germany, SOC), opening a current affairs debate on “Accountability and justice: a call to step up efforts for the establishment of the...
23/04/2026 | Monitoring
Laura Castel (Spain, UEL) and Miapetra Kumpula-Natri (Finland, SOC), co-rapporteurs of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) for the periodic review on Greece, will undertake a fact-finding visit to Athens from 27 to 29 April, to assess the honouring of membership obligations...
23/04/2026 | Session
“The entire Middle East – from the Mediterranean to the Persian Gulf – is on fire, with catastrophic consequences. The lesson we have to learn from this is that without a political strategy there is no solution,” said Piero Fassino (Italy, SOC), opening a current affairs debate today on the need...
23/04/2026 | Culture, Science, Education and Media
The Committee on Culture, Science, Education, and Media, meeting today in Strasbourg, strongly condemned “the deliberate targeting and killing of local journalists in Gaza by the Israel Defense Forces,” and Israel’s prohibition on international journalists and media outlets accessing the Gaza...
23/04/2026 | Session
PACE has recommended the swift adoption of a new protocol which updates an existing Council of Europe treaty on the laundering, seizure and confiscation of criminal or terrorist funds, noting that it “significantly expands” the tools allowing assets to be traced across borders and victims to be...
23/04/2026 | Session
Social dumping and labour exploitation, which at its worst includes forced labour and trafficking in human beings, “represents a grave violation of human dignity and fundamental rights,” warns a resolution adopted PACE. In the adopted resolution based on a report by Valérie Piller Carrard...
23/04/2026 | Session
PACE has introduced a series of improvements to the way it elects judges to the European Court of Human Rights to ensure a fair, transparent and efficient nomination and election process. Adopting a resolution based on a report by Petra Bayr (Austria, SOC), presented by Agnes Prammer (Austria...
23/04/2026 | Session
PACE is calling for a balanced regulation of artificial intelligence that empowers the creative sector and protects citizens and democracy at large. Approving a resolution based on a report by Mogens Jensen (Denmark, SOC), PACE said that current copyright laws in Europe are “neither clear-cut nor...