31/03/2016 | President
Pedro Agramunt will make a visit to Hungary from 3 to 5 April, during which he will meet, in particular, the President of the Republic, the Speaker of the National Assembly and the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade.
28/03/2016 | President
“The release of the human rights defender Intigam Aliyev is an important step for the judiciary in Azerbaijan, which needs to be strengthened and needs to act with genuine independence,” said Pedro Agramunt.
22/03/2016 | Migration, International Protection and Economic Co-operation
Europe has so far failed to find a proper, sustainable response to the refugee and migration crisis in the Western Balkans. Mutual trust and confidence have been undermined by unilateral actions, said the committee, meeting in Tbilisi.
22/03/2016 | President
“I am deeply shocked by the attacks in Brussels that killed so many people and left many others injured,” said Pedro Agramunt. “These attacks, at the heart of Europe, are a direct attack on our European values and freedoms”.
22/03/2016 | Migration, International Protection and Economic Co-operation
Those fleeing conflict in Syria are entitled to international protection which is best provided in countries close to home. These neighbouring countries cannot provide that protection without extensive external support.
22/03/2016 | Migration, International Protection and Economic Co-operation
The committee adopted a text on the humanitarian concerns as regards the captured people in Ukraine, in which it asked the Russian Federation to release Ms Savchenko and other illegally detained Ukrainian prisoners.
22/03/2016 | Migration, International Protection and Economic Co-operation
In the light of the growing number of acts of violence against migrants in Europe, the committee proposed a package of legislative, victim support and preventive measures, on the ground that these groups should receive protection.
21/03/2016 | Equality and Non-Discrimination
"While significant progress has been achieved globally in combating racial discrimination in the last decades, the fight is far from won", PACE Committee on Equality and Non-Discrimination stated.
21/03/2016 | Election observation
The elections were efficiently organised, but they indicated that Kazakhstan still has a considerable way to go in meeting its OSCE commitments for democratic elections, the observers concluded.
21/03/2016 | President
As the Court reads out its verdict, and given the serious questions regarding the fairness of her trial, I once again call for Nadiya Savchenko’s immediate release, said PACE President Pedro Agramunt.
18/03/2016 | Social Affairs, Health and Sustainable Development
Addressing the Interparliamentary Conference on the European Social Charter, Michele Nicoletti, President of the Italian delegation, warned that the real danger today were internal fears and divisions and not external threats.
18/03/2016 | Social Affairs, Health and Sustainable Development
The Chairperson of the Sub-Committee on the European Social Charter, Tuur Elzinga stressed that "in many European countries, the state of income inequalities is shocking and leads to a marginalisation of certain categories of the population".