02/10/2025 | Session
PACE has decided to create a Platform for Dialogue between the Assembly and Russian democratic forces in exile. Participants in the platform – whose composition has yet to be decided, based on a set of criteria – would be able to hold two-way exchanges with the Assembly on issues of common...
02/10/2025 | Session
During an urgent debate held today in Strasbourg, the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE), meeting in plenary session, once more called for “an urgent end to the severe humanitarian crisis in Gaza, which worsens day by day”, and paid particular attention to the protection of...
02/10/2025 | Session
It is imperative that Council of Europe member states “do everything in their power to strengthen their deterrence, preparedness and resilience capabilities against the threat posed by Russia” if Europe is to have a peaceful future, PACE has warned. Unanimously approving a resolution based on a...
02/10/2025 | Session
Against a context of democratic backsliding and erosion of public trust in institutions, the Parliamentary Assembly considers that political parties “are an essential motor for democratic renewal”, and has called them to reconnect with citizens. According to the resolution adopted by PACE, based...
02/10/2025 | Session
Welcoming the finalisation of the draft Council of Europe Convention on the Co-production of Audiovisual Works in the form of Series, the PACE today said it “commends its ambition to promote cross-border collaboration and cultural diversity”. However, unanimously adopting an opinion based on the...
01/10/2025 | Session
The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) has expressed serious concern at Hungary’s lack of progress on democracy, human rights and the rule of law, pointing to a “worsening situation in certain areas”. Hungary has been under the Assembly’s monitoring procedure since 2022. It is...
01/10/2025 | Session
Opening a current affairs debate on “The political crisis in Serbia,” Victoria Tiblom (Sweden, ECPA), one of the co-rapporteurs for the monitoring of Serbia, outlined the events that led to the deterioration of the situation in the country, referring to the escalation of mass protests since...
01/10/2025 | Migration, International Protection and Economic Co-operation
“Migration has long been a cornerstone of development and progress,” Arthur Erken, Regional Director for Europe and Central Asia of the International Organization for Migration (IOM), told the Assembly’s Migration Committee during an exchange of views on the margins of the Assembly’s autumn...
01/10/2025 | Session
“The Russian war of aggression against Ukraine is also a war against truth,” the Parliamentary Assembly declared today, urging the liberation of Ukrainian journalists unlawfully detained by the Russian Federation. Adopting a resolution based on the report by Yevheniia Kravchuk (Ukraine, ALDE...
01/10/2025 | Session
Addressing the Parliamentary Assembly, Malta’s President Myriam Spiteri Debono reflected on six decades of Malta’s engagement with the Council of Europe, emphasising the organisation as a forum “where our core values are nurtured, upheld and translated into tangible progress”. Speaking as both “a...
01/10/2025 | Women@PACE
“Policy alone does not bring change. We need to change mindsets” stressed from the outset Her Excellency Myriam Spiteri Debono, President of Malta, speaking at the Women@PACE group meeting during the 2025 Autumn Session of the PACE. The discussion, under the theme “Passing the Torch: Women’s...
01/10/2025 | Session
“The Russian Federation must make full reparation for all the damage, loss or injury caused,” the Parliamentary Assembly said today, welcoming the finalisation of the draft convention establishing an international claims commission for Ukraine. Adopting its opinion based on the report by Lord...