26/06/2014 | Session
Ukraine’s President has taken some steps in the right direction, though one of his main tasks will be to rebuild trust among people in the East of the country, said Jordi Xuclà, opening a current affairs debate.
26/06/2014 | Session
The Assembly called on the Development Bank to strengthen its ties with the Council of Europe. It underlined the importance of direct contacts between the Bank and the parliamentary representatives.
26/06/2014 | Session
A high-quality civil service is a vital precondition for strong democracy, and any future administrative reform must take account of the interests of citizens and Europe’s common values, said PACE.
25/06/2014 | Session
In keeping with the proposals made by Andreas Gross, PACE offered to provide a forum for debating the future political form of the European Union and more specifically the challenges of opting for a European federal democracy.
25/06/2014 | Session
"The Versailles Peace Treaty in 1919 ended World War I, but without creating the foundations for a lasting peace. This new international order led to the collapse and humiliation of Germany", PACE President said.
25/06/2014 | Political Affairs and Democracy
The committee calls for the immediate release of the three Israeli teenagers, Eyal Yifrah, Gilad Shaar and Naftali Frenkel,who were abducted whilst hitchhiking in Area C of the West Bank on 12 June.
25/06/2014 | President
The Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko will address the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) on Thursday 26 June 2014 at 12 p.m. in Strasbourg, in the context of PACE Summer Session.
25/06/2014 | Session
At the end of a debate on the parliamentary contribution to resolving the Western Sahara conflict, the PACE today called on all parties “to show realism and a spirit of compromise in order to move forward with their negotiations”.
25/06/2014 | Session
The Assembly expressed its concern about the situation of legal immigrants, whose overall level of integration remains unsatisfactory. In many member States the existing State policies are insufficient.
24/06/2014 | Session
PACE's Legal Affairs Committee will today hold a hearing on “Improving the protection of whistleblowers” with the participation of Edward Snowden, by video link, and Anna Myers, UK expert on whistleblower protection.
24/06/2014 | Session
Around 18 parliamentarians spoke in this session’s “free debate” – which gives Assembly members the opportunity to speak on any subject that is not already on the agenda.
24/06/2014 | Session
As part of a package of changes designed to improve its working procedures, PACE has decided to create a special committee to deal with the election of judges to the European Court of Human Rights.