15/09/2016 | President
“No country can erect a wall against terrorism or the economic crisis. No country can build a barrier to keep out the instability caused by frozen or active conflicts, ” the PACE President stressed.
15/09/2016 | Election observation
A delegation in Tbilisi to assess the climate ahead of parliamentary elections, led by Emanuelis Zingeris, says there is an environment for democratic elections in the country.
15/09/2016 | News
"It is worrying to see the mainstream in politics increasingly imitating the margins," Secretary General of the Council of Europe Thorbjørn Jagland said, at the opening of the Conference of Presidents of Parliament.
15/09/2016 | News
“With great delay and an added dose of political hypocrisy, we have found ourselves up against a sharp rise in refugee and migrant flows”, said Nikolaos Voutsis, President of the Hellenic Parliament.
15/09/2016 | News
“Due to the mistaken European migration policy, the present wave of mass migration will not stop by itself. This is why we have to stop it”, said László Kövér, Speaker of the National Assembly of Hungary.
15/09/2016 | News
“No country can erect a wall against terrorism or the economic crisis. No country can build a barrier to keep out the instability caused by frozen or active conflicts, ” the PACE President stressed.
14/09/2016 | Session
The President of France and the Foreign Ministers of Germany, Turkey and Estonia will address PACE at its autumn session. A current affairs debate has been requested on the situation in Turkey in the light of the attempted coup d’Etat.
14/09/2016 | News
The views of Russian MPs, as well as those of the MPs from the other Council of Europe member states, are very important when we discuss global challenges, Pedro Agramunt said today, during Valentina Matvienko‘s visit to Strasbourg.
13/09/2016 | President
PACE President Pedro Agramunt and Valentina Matvienko, Speaker of Russia's Federation Council, will meet in Strasbourg on 14 September, the day before the opening of the European Summit of Presidents of Parliament.
12/09/2016 | Election observation
The 11 September parliamentary elections were efficiently organised and there were visible efforts to address some long-standing issues, but a number of systemic shortcomings remain, the international observers concluded.
12/09/2016 | President
“In the current extremely strained context, human rights remain – more than ever – a major challenge”, said Pedro Agramunt at the opening of a colloquy in Paris, at the French National Assembly.
09/09/2016 | Equality and Non-Discrimination
"It is important to find a balance between the fight against radicalisation and respect for fundamental freedoms," said Milena Santerini, at the opening of a seminar on the fight against racism, hatred and intolerance in France.