09/10/2017 | Session
The Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe (ALDE) has elected Hendrik Daems new Chairperson of the Group. Mr Daems is a former Minister of Telecommunications and has been a member of the PACE since 2007.
09/10/2017 | Session
The Committee of Ministers shares the Assembly’s ambition to raise the Council of Europe’s profile and step up its activities to help member States meet the challenges they currently face, said Lubomír Zaorálek.
09/10/2017 | Session
None of the candidates for the post of PACE President having obtained an absolute majority of the representatives of the Assembly, a third round of voting will be held on Tuesday 10 October, where a simple majority will be required.
07/10/2017 | News
Stella Kyriakides (Cyprus, EPP/CD) and Emanuelis Zingeris (Lithuania, EPP/CD) have been proposed as candidates for the election as PACE President following the resignation of Pedro Agramunt.
06/10/2017 | President
In a letter, Pedro Agramunt today announced his resignation as President of the Parliamentary Assembly. Following his resignation, the most senior Vice-President of the Assembly, Sir Roger Gale, becomes Acting President.
06/10/2017 | Monitoring
The co-rapporteurs for post-monitoring dialogue with Montenegro have welcomed Montenegro’s continued commitment to regional co-operation and its constructive role in maintaining regional stability.
06/10/2017 | Parliamentary support
The misuse of administrative resources during electoral processes as a major challenge for democratic elections will be at the heart of a Regional Conference organised in London on 9 and 10 November 2017.
03/10/2017 | Parliamentary support
As Ukraine prepares to introduce new laws to combat violence against women and domestic violence, Ukrainian parliamentarians were given an insight into what they can do to encourage the process at seminar in Budapest.
02/10/2017 | News
“From reports, it has become clear that considerable and in some cases excessive violence was used during attempts to control or prevent the consultation, whether legal or not, called by the Catalonian authorities," Sir Roger Gale said.
01/10/2017 | News
"It is with deep regret that I have seen the violent incidents in Catalonia today," said Sir Roger Gale, most senior Vice-President of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe.
29/09/2017 | Monitoring
Ionut Marian Stroe and Andrea Rigoni, co-rapporteurs for the post-monitoring dialogue with Montenegro, will make a fact-finding visit to the country to discuss the implementation of the Assembly’s latest resolution.
29/09/2017 | Session
Addresses by the President of the Czech Republic Miloš Zeman and the President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko, and a debate on calls for a Council of Europe Summit, are among the highlights of the autumn session.