22/06/2015 | Prizes
Axel E. Fischer, Chairperson of the PACE Sub-Committee on the Europe Prize presented today the 2015 European Diploma to the mayors of 12 prize-winning municipalities, at a ceremony in Strasbourg.
22/06/2015 | Prizes
The Europe Prize was created at a time when the priority was to build a more humane, stronger and more inclusive Europe. Today, more than ever, we must continue to promote European values,” said Anne Brasseur.
20/06/2015 | President
On the occasion of World Refugee Day, Anne Brasseur recalled that worldwide displacement was at its highest level ever recorded. Unfortunately, the situation is likely to worsen further.
19/06/2015 | Session
Speeches by UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, the President of Malta Marie Louise Coleiro Preca, and the Chairman of the Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina Mladen Ivanic are among the highlights of the PACE 2015 Summer Session.
19/06/2015 | Legal Affairs and Human Rights
“It is a matter of serious concern that the majority in the Romanian parliament is interfering with the separation of powers and preventing judicial authorities from investigating accusations of corruption,” said Bernd Fabritius.
18/06/2015 | Prizes
On 22 June, the Parliamentary Assembly will celebrate the 60th anniversary of the Europe Prize, by bringing together mayors from the towns which have been awarded the Prize since it was created in 1955.
16/06/2015 | Migration, International Protection and Economic Co-operation
At its meeting on 3 June, the committee was informed that Fabrice Leggeri, Executive Director of FRONTEX, had declined the invitation for an exchange of views on the challenges with regard to irregular migration across the Mediterranean Sea.
16/06/2015 | President
Anne Brasseur, speaking at the end of a high-profile visit to refugee centres on the Syrian border, has highlighted Turkey’s “extraordinary welcome” for Syrian refugees – and urged other European countries to do more to help.
15/06/2015 | Monitoring
Following their visit to Yerevan, the co-rapporteurs for the monitoring of Armenia, Axel Fischer and Alan Meale, welcomed the intention of the authorities to address some of Armenia’s systemic deficiencies via constitutional reform.
11/06/2015 | President
“Politicians must break the negative stereotypes and destroy the myths about the dangers of migration”, said Anne Brasseur, speaking at the end of a visit to UN institutions in Geneva.
10/06/2015 | Parliamentary support
A regional conference on awareness raising about the security of journalists will be held on 12 June in Kyiv, in cooperation with the PACE Sub-Committee on Media and Information Society.
10/06/2015 | Bureau
A delegation of leading PACE members is to visit Turkish refugee centres on the border with Syria to see at first hand Turkey’s efforts to deal with the large numbers of refugees fleeing conflict in the region.