03/06/2016 | Migration, International Protection and Economic Co-operation
Presenting her report, Tineke Strik said that "the EU, supposedly based on solidarity, co-operation and respect for human rights and the rule of law, has failed to provide adequate support to Greece".
03/06/2016 | Monitoring
PACE co-rapporteurs for the monitoring of Ukraine, Jordi Xuclà and Axel Fischer, warmly welcomed yesterday’s adoption by the Verkhovna Rada of the Constitutional amendments regarding the judiciary.
03/06/2016 | Social Affairs, Health and Sustainable Development
In a report unanimously adopted, the committee urges member states to earmark 10% of their expenditure on road infrastructure for road safety. Naira Karapetyan was of the opinion that road safety should become a public health priority.
02/06/2016 | Equality and Non-Discrimination
On 17-18 May, the PACE Committee on Equality and Non-Discrimination held a meeting at the Riksdag in Stockholm, at the invitation of Jonas Gunnarsson, Chairperson of the Swedish delegation to the Parliamentary Assembly.
02/06/2016 | Culture, Science, Education and Media
Participants in a hearing on media independence, investigative journalism and editorial integrity issued a warning about a form of "code of conduct" based on financial considerations that is gaining ground in many editorial offices.
02/06/2016 | Culture, Science, Education and Media
“Corruption, including in the education field, is extremely widespread virtually everywhere in Europe and has already led to too many young people becoming resigned to this fact,” said the rapporteur Eleonora Cimbro.
02/06/2016 | President
PACE President Pedro Agramunt is to meet Turkish leaders during a two-day official visit to Turkey on 6-7 June. Meetings are foreseen notably with Turkey’s President, Prime Minister and Foreign Minister.
01/06/2016 | Equality and Non-Discrimination
Milena Santerini, General Rapporteur on combating racism and intolerance, presented the No Hate Parliamentary Alliance to civil society organisations and the media at the Council of Europe Liaison office in Brussels.
01/06/2016 | Culture, Science, Education and Media
Sport for all is far from being a reality. Lack of physical activity, which is a growing trend, costs economies around 80.4 billion euros a year in the EU countries alone, says rapporteur Carmen Quintanilla.
01/06/2016 | President
The Portuguese Assembly has joined the #NoHateNoFear initiative launched by Pedro Agramunt, with the participation of Eduardo Ferro Rodrigues, President of the Portuguese Assembly, as well as some deputies, for a photo session.
31/05/2016 | President
The President of the Parliamentary Assembly, Pedro Agramunt, calls on all members of the Verkhovna Rada, across the board, to approve the constitutional amendments relating to the reform of the judiciary.
31/05/2016 | Political Affairs and Democracy
Two rapporteurs have strongly condemned the three executions carried out in the Gaza Strip by Hamas.“These executions are a clear violation of the Palestinian National Council’s ‘Partnership for democracy’ with the Assembly", they said.