15/01/2015 | President
“Europe needs the Council of Europe more than ever,” said Anne Brasseur, speaking at the end of a three-day working visit to Berlin, during which she met the President, Speaker of Parliament and a number of ministers, among others.
14/01/2015 | President
“Yesterday, at the invitation of the President of the Bundestag, I joined the march for tolerance organised in Berlin by Muslim religious leaders in order to take a proactive stand against racism, hatred and intolerance," said Anne Brasseur.
14/01/2015 | News
Today’s talks in Berlin between Anne Brasseur and Norbert Lammert focused on the commitments all Council of Europe member states have made to uphold and promote human rights, the rule of law and democracy.
14/01/2015 | President
The Presidential Committee of PACE meets Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko and the Speaker of the Verkhovna Rada Volodymyr Groysman, among others, during a visit to Kyiv on 15-16 January.
12/01/2015 | Migration, International Protection and Economic Co-operation
Jean-Marie Bockel will be visiting Turkey from 18 to 20 January in the context of the preparation of his report on humanitarian consequences of the threats posed by the terrorist group Islamic State.
09/01/2015 | President
PACE President Anne Brasseur is currently making an official visit to Germany. In Berlin, she met the President of the Federal Republic, the President of the Bundestag, and the Minister for Foreign Affairs (above).
08/01/2015 | Culture, Science, Education and Media
"We strongnly condemn the killings yesterday at the headquarters of Charlie Hebdo, and we convey our condolences to the families and relatives of the victims," said Maria Giannakaki and Gvozden Srećko Flego.
08/01/2015 | Equality and Non-Discrimination
"We strongnly condemn the killings yesterday at the headquarters of Charlie Hebdo, and we convey our condolences to the families and relatives of the victims," said Maria Giannakaki and Gvozden Srećko Flego.
07/01/2015 | President
“I am deeply shocked at today’s terrorist attack at the Paris offices of the satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo,” says PACE President Anne Brasseur.
22/12/2014 | Election observation
“With the free and democratic election of their President, which was of superlative quality, the men and women of Tunisia were able to offer themselves the finest New Year gift that a democrat can imagine,” said Andreas Gross.
19/12/2014 | President
“We have to intensify our efforts and recognise culture as a major catalyst for promoting the respect of human rights” said Anne Brasseur on the occasion of the 60th anniversary of the European Cultural Convention.
18/12/2014 | President
“I note the view of the Court of Justice of the EU, made public in its opinion today, that the proposed arrangements for the EU’s accession to the European Convention on Human Rights are not – as they stand at the moment – compatible with EU law,” the President of the Council of Europe...