24/07/2025 | Monitoring
Damien Cottier (Switzerland, ALDE) and Saara-Sofia Sirén (Finland, EPP/CD), the monitoring co-rapporteurs for Ukraine of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE), have expressed their deep concern at the adoption and subsequent signing into force of the law that strips Ukraine’s...
24/07/2025 | Political Affairs and Democracy
Piero Fassino (Italy, SOC), rapporteur of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) on The political consequences of the Russian Federation’s war of aggression against Ukraine, ending a visit to the country, said that “yesterday's meeting held in Istanbul between Russian and...
11/07/2025 | Social Affairs, Health and Sustainable Development
Saskia Kluit (Netherlands, SOC), rapporteur of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) on “The absolute and urgent need to end the humanitarian crisis for women, children and the hostages in Gaza", made the following statement today: “I am deeply concerned by the recent...
09/07/2025 | Legal Affairs and Human Rights
Theodoros Rousopoulos, President of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE), today made the following statement: “On the eve of the eleventh anniversary of the downing of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17, the European Court of Human Rights delivered a judgment attributing...
07/07/2025 | Parliamentary support
The fourth session of an ongoing high-level dialogue between the Council of Europe and Ukrainian partners took place in Lviv on 3-4 July 2025 on the topic of good democratic governance in Ukraine, with a focus on improving the legal framework in the country for multi-level governance and...
04/07/2025 | President
“Andorra's voice in the Council of Europe has always been strong and clear,” said PACE President Theodoros Rousopoulos, addressing the General Council (the Parliament of Andorra) in plenary session today, during an official visit to the country. In this regard, he recalled that the Andorran...
03/07/2025 | President
“In 1975, the Helsinki Final Act was not just a diplomatic milestone. It was a moral statement: that the security of states depends on the security of people,” said PACE President Theodoros Rousopoulos, addressing the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly session today in Porto. That belief lives on, he...
03/07/2025 | Migration, International Protection and Economic Co-operation
According to the Migration Committee, which met on 24 June in Strasbourg, the use of artificial intelligence (AI) in migration management must balance efficiency gains with protection of human rights “at all stages of the migration journey”. In adopting the report by Petri Honkonen (Finland, ALDE...
01/07/2025 | President
Theodoros Rousopoulos, President of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE), will make an official visit to Andorra on 4 July. During his visit, he will meet the Head of the Government, the Speaker of the General Council (the Parliament of Andorra), the Minister of Foreign...
01/07/2025 | Monitoring
The rapporteur of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) for the monitoring of Serbia, Victoria Tiblom (Sweden, ECPA), has today made the following statement concerning the massive protest in Belgrade on 28 June 2025: “I am deeply concerned about the escalating tensions in...
30/06/2025 | Monitoring
Deborah Bergamini (Italy, EPP/CD) and Yves Cruchten (Luxembourg, SOC), co-rapporteurs of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) for the post-monitoring dialogue with Bulgaria, will make a fact-finding visit to Sofia on 2-3 July. They are due to meet the Speaker of the...
27/06/2025 | Monitoring
The monitoring rapporteurs for Georgia of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE), Edite Estrela (Portugal, SOC) and Sabine Ćudić (Bosnia and Herzegovina, ALDE), have expressed their deep concern at the politically-motivated prosecution of opposition members and civil society...