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.
10/10/2017 | Session
Thorbjørn Jagland, in reply to questions from PACE members, has emphasised the importance of resolving the conflict in Catalonia on the basis of the existing Spanish constitution, or an amended version of it.
10/10/2017 | Session
“I believe that the Council of Europe’s endeavour towards friendship and not hostility and hatred among European nations – including Russia – will be successful in the long term,” said Miloš Zeman, President of the Czech Republic.
10/10/2017 | Session
The Council of Europe Parliamentary Assembly today elected Lado Chanturia as judge to the European Court of Human Rights in respect of Georgia. Mr Chanturia obtained an absolute majority of votes cast.
10/10/2017 | Transparency and Integrity
Responding to allegations of corruption in its ranks, PACE has unanimously adopted a heavily revised Code of Conduct for its members, with the aim of “restoring public confidence” in its work.