17/09/2018 | President
Liliane Maury Pasquier, President of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE), will address the opening of the Second Eurasian Women’s Forum in Saint Petersburg on 20-21 September.
14/09/2018 | President
"Democracy and political life are facing new challenges in an increasingly digital world", said Liliane Maury Pasquier, PACE President, on the occasion of the International Day of Democracy.
12/09/2018 | President
“Health for all – that was the slogan that came out of the Alma Ata Declaration,” PACE President Liliane Maury Pasquier said today, paying tribute to this major milestone which set a new agenda for human rights in global health.
12/09/2018 | President
“The sentencing of the former co-President of the pro-Kurdish HDP party Selahattin Demirtaş and former HDP parliamentarian Sırrı Süreyya Önder to several years’ imprisonment is of particular concern to me,“said Liliane Maury Pasquier.
24/08/2018 | President
Liliane Maury Pasquier will make an official visit to the Czech Republic on 27-28 August, during which she is due to meet the Speaker of the Chamber of Deputies, the President of the Senate and the Prime Minister.
14/08/2018 | President
Liliane Maury Pasquier expressed her relief at the release of Ilgar Mammadov, leader of the opposition civic movement ReAl in Azerbaijan, who had served more than five years in prison.
10/08/2018 | President
"The formal notification by the Turkish authorities to the Secretary General of the Council of Europe on 8 August, is to be welcomed," PACE President Liliane Maury Pasquier said today.
30/07/2018 | President
“It is high time for Europe to fight human trafficking and smuggling with more determination and much more effectively,” said PACE President. Vernon Coaker is preparing a report on concerted action on human trafficking.
20/07/2018 | President
Liliane Maury Pasquier, in a statement to mark the European Day for the Victims of Hate Crime (22 July), has urged political leaders to show 'zero tolerance' for hate speech and the stigmatising of individuals or groups.
29/06/2018 | President
Parliaments are precious places of exchange in these challenging times, says PACE President Liliane Maury Pasquier in a statement to mark the first ever World Parliament Day tomorrow.
25/06/2018 | President
Liliane Maury Pasquier (Switzerland, SOC) has been elected President of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe. Succeeding Michele Nicoletti, she becomes PACE’s 32nd President.
24/06/2018 | President
Reacting to an attack against a Roma community near Lviv, Ukraine, leaving one young man dead and several wounded, the President expressed his shock and dismay strongly condemning what appeared to be “a racist attack.”