25/01/2016 | President
At the end of the last PACE Bureau meeting under her Presidency, Anne Brasseur called on all Parliamentary Assembly members to stay united in front of the major challenges Europe is faced with.
25/01/2016 | Session
Europe's migration and refugee crisis and international terrorism will take centre-stage at the Winter Session of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (Strasbourg, 25-29 January 2016).
25/01/2016 | Session
At the opening of its Winter plenary Session today, the Parliamentary Assembly elected its Vice-Presidents. The seats for the Vice-Presidents in respect of the Russian Federation and Spain remain vacant.
25/01/2016 | President
The Spaniard Pedro Agramunt (EPP/CD) has been elected PACE President for a mandate of one year, renewable once. He succeeds Anne Brasseur, who has occupied the post since January 2014.
25/01/2016 | Session
The credentials of the Moldovan delegation to the PACE were challenged on procedural grounds at the opening of the Assembly’s session. Making the challenge, Jordi Xuclà said the Moldovan list was “incomplete”.
25/01/2016 | Session
The Council of Europe has an important role to play in assisting our countries in the fight against terrorism, through the arsenal of its legal instruments, while respecting the rule of law and fundamental freedoms, said Daniel Mitov.
25/01/2016 | Session
The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe held this afternoon a free debate on current issues not included in the Winter Session agenda. Sixteen Assembly members took the floor.
25/01/2016 | Session
Anne Brasseur (Luxembourg, ALDE) urged her fellow parliamentarians to deal with current challenges by drawing inspiration from the founding values of the Council of Europe – the European Convention on Human Rights – as she presented the progress report of the Bureau and the Standing Committee...
22/01/2016 | President
“Faced with an unprecedented displacement challenge, one would expect Europe to show a surge of solidarity. Unfortunately, what we see is not Europe’s friendliest face", said Anne Brasseur.
22/01/2016 | Social Affairs, Health and Sustainable Development
“The death of a patient in Rennes during a clinical trial of a new medicine shows, once again, the importance of ensuring absolute transparency of all clinical test results,” said Liliane Maury Pasquier.
21/01/2016 | President
Anne Brasseur, has called on the authorities to take concrete steps to restore citizens’ confidence in institutions, to address widespread corruption and to ensure the integrity of public officials and judicial authorities.
19/01/2016 | President
“Yesterday I received a letter informing me of the decision of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation not to submit the credentials of the Russian delegation to the Parliamentary Assembly”, Anne Brasseur said.