28/05/2019 | President
“I am relieved that hundreds of prisoners and other people, including Leyla Guven and three other MPs, have stopped their hunger strike," declared Liliane Maury Pasquier.
28/05/2019 | Legal Affairs and Human Rights
The Legal Affairs Committee has called on the Russian authorities to “re-open and continue” their investigation into the murder of Boris Nemtsov, listing a number of “serious concerns” over its independence and effectiveness.
27/05/2019 | Parliamentary support
Staff from Ukraine’s Verkhovna Rada took part in a capacity-building seminar on the parliamentary oversight of public policies, organised in Budapest on 20-21 May by the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe.
27/05/2019 | Monitoring
Lise Christoffersen and Valeriu Ghiletchi, co-rapporteurs of the PACE for post-monitoring dialogue with the Republic of North Macedonia, are to make a fact-finding visit to Skopje from 29 to 31 May.
24/05/2019 | Migration, International Protection and Economic Co-operation
The PACE Parliamentary Network on Diaspora Policies will hold its Annual Diaspora Forum in Istanbul, Turkey, on 10 June 2019. It will focus on democratic participation of diaspora, with a focus on integration, voting rights and citizenship.
24/05/2019 | Standing Committee
Liliane Maury Pasquier gave her full support to the priorities of the French Chairmanship and recalled the “very special symbolic political significance” of this presidency which comes as the organisation marks its 70th anniversary.
24/05/2019 | Bureau
Drawing up the draft agenda of the PACE June session, the Bureau decided to include a report on “Strengthening the decision-making process of the Parliamentary Assembly concerning credentials and voting”.
24/05/2019 | Standing Committee
Urban development requires robust public service, effective co-operation between public and private sectors and citizen participation, the Standing Committee said, adopting a report prepared by Sybille Benning.
24/05/2019 | Standing Committee
Adolescents should participate in decisions about relevant health policies “for meeting their needs and developing efficient health systems”, the Parliamentary Assembly, meeting in Paris at Standing Committee level, said today.
24/05/2019 | Standing Committee
After seven years of implementation of the partnership for democracy between the Parliament of Morocco and PACE, the Standing Committee has made a “positive assessment” of its results, stressing the progress in strengthening democratic governance and the rule of law.
24/05/2019 | Standing Committee
“Despite the difficulties it is facing, the Council of Europe remains the best example of what effective and ambitious multilateralism can achieve,” says Amélie de Montchalin, Minister of State for European Affairs.
24/05/2019 | President
Following the explosion in Lyon of a parcel bomb, which injured at least 13 people, PACE President Liliane Maury Pasquier made the following statement.