20/06/2023 | Session
In the framework of the debate on “Addressing the specific challenges faced by Belarusians in exile”, the Volny Chor today performed before the Parliamentary Assembly. Volny Chor emerged from the rallies arranged by the musicians of the Belarusian State Philharmonic in August 2020. Almost...
20/06/2023 | Session
The Parliamentary Assembly, during its summer plenary session, held a current affairs debate on “The recent political developments in Poland”. Peter Omtzigt (Netherlands, EPP/CD) and Azadeh Rojhan (Sweden, SOC), co-rapporteurs for the monitoring of Poland by PACE, opened the debate. 17 speakers...
20/06/2023 | Session
PACE has hailed the “resilience, courage and determination” of Belarusians who have been forced into exile by the repression of the Lukashenka regime – and urged states hosting them to take legal and practical steps to welcome them. In a resolution, based on a report by Paul Galles (Luxembourg...
20/06/2023 | Session
According to the resolution adopted today by PACE, based on the report by Selin Sayek Böke (Türkiye, SOC), States must urgently “learn the lessons from previous health emergencies by strengthening the global health architecture and developing necessary strategies at national levels”, in order to...
19/06/2023 | Session
“This week’s debate on the budget and priorities of the Council of Europe for 2024-2027 takes on its full meaning. We need to discuss how the decisions of the Summit can best be implemented in the years to come, including by the Assembly. I call on all Member States, after the adoption of the...
19/06/2023 | Session
Among the items in the progress report of the PACE’s Bureau and Standing Committee, presented today by Iulian Bulai (Romania, ALDE) in plenary session, the PACE contribution to a fourth Council of Europe Summit; the activities of the Standing Committee in Reykjavik (15 May 2023) and Riga (26 May...
19/06/2023 | Session
The presidential and parliamentary elections in Turkey (14 and 28 May 2023) enjoyed a high turnout and offered a choice between genuine political alternatives, according to a report presented today by Frank Schwabe (Germany, SOC) at the PACE plenary session. The Chairperson of the PACE observer...
19/06/2023 | Session
Council of Europe Secretary General Marija Pejčinović Burić has responded to parliamentarians’ questions at the PACE Summer session’s Question Time. During a lively Q & A session, Marija Pejčinović Burić highlighted the results of the Fourth Summit of the Heads of State and Government in...
19/06/2023 | Session
Addressing the Council of Europe Parliamentary Assembly (PACE), which is meeting in Strasbourg for its 2023 Summer Session, the Minister for Foreign Affairs of Hungary, Péter Szijjártó, referred to the foreign policy of his country in the context of the war of aggression against Ukraine. “There's...
28/04/2023 | Session
PACE today lauded San Marino for its “wide and impressive range of institutional consultation mechanisms and instruments of direct democracy” while expressing concern about the numerous reports that indicate that these consultation mechanisms are “not always used as foreseen by law, or that its...
28/04/2023 | Session
The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) has emphasised the importance of ensuring safe social media use for young people “to promote youth participation in social, economic and political life via the media”. In a resolution based on the report by Fiona O’Loughlin (Ireland, ALDE...
27/04/2023 | Session
Adopting a resolution on the implementation of judgments of the European Court of Human Rights, based on a report presented by Constantinos Efstathiou (Cyprus, SOC), the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) expressed its concern about the delays in implementing the Court's...