06/05/2025 | Election observation
A 21-member delegation from the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE), led by Simone Billi (Italy, ECPA), will travel to Albania from 9 to 12 May to observe the conduct of the 11 May parliamentary elections alongside partners from the OSCE’s Office for Democratic Institutions and...
05/05/2025 | President
In a wide-ranging reflection on the nature of modern democracy, PACE President Theodoros Rousopoulos has urged today’s democratic politicians to set aside illusion, to drop grand visions and to focus on “truth, humility and responsibility” if they are to win back the trust of citizens...
02/05/2025 | Culture, Science, Education and Media
On the occasion of World Press Freedom Day (3 May 2025), PACE’s General Rapporteur on media freedom and safety of journalists Valentina Grippo (Italy, ALDE) has reiterated the importance of press freedom and the safety of journalists as fundamental pillars of a genuine democracy, emphasising the...
02/05/2025 | Prizes
The selection panel of the Vigdís Prize for Women's Empowerment, which rewards outstanding initiatives to promote the empowerment of women in all their diversity in Europe and beyond, has today announced the shortlist for the second edition of the Award. Meeting in Strasbourg, the panel – made up...
30/04/2025 | Monitoring
Following a fact-finding visit to Skopje from 23 to 25 April 2025, Sibel Arslan (Switzerland, SOC) and Joseph O’Reilly (Ireland, EPP/CD), co-rapporteurs of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) for post-monitoring dialogue with North Macedonia, have welcomed the progress made...
24/04/2025 | President
PACE President Theodoros Rousopoulos has ended an official visit to Armenia by welcoming continued progress on institutional reforms in the country aimed at strengthening judicial independence, protecting human rights and fighting corruption. During high-level talks with Armenian leaders on 23...
24/04/2025 | Migration, International Protection and Economic Co-operation
“A structured dialogue between the various stakeholders is urgently needed, be they state or non-state actors. This situation is too serious for Resolution 2569 to remain a document in a drawer,” said PACE Vice-President Antonio Gutiérrez-Limones (Spain, SOC), opening a parliamentary conference...
17/04/2025 | Monitoring
Sibel Arslan (Switzerland, SOC) and Joseph O’Reilly (Ireland, EPP/CD), co-rapporteurs of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) for the post-monitoring dialogue with North Macedonia, will make a fact-finding visit to Skopje from 23 to 25 April. Discussions will mainly focus on...
16/04/2025 | Election observation
A five-member delegation of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE), led by Iulian Bulai (Romania, ALDE), concluded a two-day pre-election visit to Warsaw ahead of the presidential elections scheduled for 18 May 2025. The delegation acknowledged significant positive...
16/04/2025 | Election observation
At the 20th European Conference of Electoral Management Bodies (EMBs), held in Vilnius, Lithuania, on 15–16 April, a delegation from the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) emphasised the need for closer co-operation between parliaments and electoral management bodies to secure...
16/04/2025 | Migration, International Protection and Economic Co-operation
At its meeting in Strasbourg on 9 April, the Committee on Migration, Refugees and Displaced Persons called on member states to fully comply with the instruments of international humanitarian law, maritime law and those relating to the protection of migrants, refugees, and asylum seekers...
14/04/2025 | Migration, International Protection and Economic Co-operation
Oleksii Goncharenko (Ukraine, ECPA), the Chair of the Committee on Migration, Refugees and Displaced Persons of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE), made the following statement today: “On 20 March 2025 the UN High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi warned against the...