12/10/2017 | Session
The Parliamentary Assembly today held a current affairs debate on “The need for a political solution to the crisis in Catalonia”, opened by Andrej Hunko (Germany, UEL). Twenty-four members took the floor in the debate.
12/10/2017 | Session
PACE has asked the Committee of Ministers to urge the member States to put in place a ban on establishing a pregnancy using germline cells or human embryos which have undergone intentional genome editing.
12/10/2017 | Session
PACE has called for a ban on medically unnecessary “sex-normalising” surgery, sterilisation and other treatments practised on intersex children without their informed consent.
11/10/2017 | Session
During a debate today in Strasbourg, the Assembly raised a number of concerns, particularly with regard to checks and balances, the functioning of the justice system, and freedom of expression.
11/10/2017 | Session
The Ukrainian President says his country is fighting a war on two fronts at the same time – one to counter military aggression and restore its territorial integrity, and the other to implement difficult reforms.
11/10/2017 | Session
PACE remains concerned about the human rights situation and the functioning of justice in Azerbaijan and regrets that the 2014 Azerbaijani Chairmanship coincided with an “unprecedented crackdown on human rights”.
11/10/2017 | Session
The Assembly today welcomed the prospect of a future Council of Europe Summit in order to revitalise democracy, the rule of law and human rights, values which today are severely “under pressure”.
11/10/2017 | Session
PACE today unanimously called for a Fourth Council of Europe Summit to preserve and further strengthen the pan-European project in a Europe which has profoundly changed since the last Summit 12 years ago.
10/10/2017 | Social Affairs, Health and Sustainable Development
For the first time ever, the Palais de l’Europe in Strasbourg was illuminated in pink last night – in a special initiative to mark Breast Cancer Awareness Month. The building will stay illuminated throughout the week.
10/10/2017 | Session
There are welcome signs that our economies may finally be escaping the low growth trap. The OECD projects global growth to increase to around 3.7 % in 2018, but we are not out of the woods yet, said Ángel Gurría.
10/10/2017 | Session
Noting that the recovery in the global economy is continuing, but slowly, the PACE called on the OECD and its member states to “rapidly seize the opportunity of the low level of interest rates to revive public investment”.
10/10/2017 | President
Stella Kyriakides (Cyprus, EPP/CD) has been elected President of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe following the resignation of Pedro Agramunt (Spain, EPP/CD) on 6 October 2017.