26/06/2014 | Session
PACE has called for a radical change in political discourse and action so that new ways can be found to celebrate cultural diversity as a positive factor for innovation and development.
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.
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
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 | Social Affairs, Health and Sustainable Development
The committee on Social Affairs has reasserted the need for a total ban on any form of trading in human organs, expressing concern at recent suggestions that “some form of commercialisation” could be envisaged.
24/06/2014 | Session
Adopting a resolution on “The left-to-die boat: actions and reactions”, PACE acknowledged important efforts by member States, Italy in particular, towards saving more lives at sea but said a number of concerns remain.
24/06/2014 | Culture, Science, Education and Media
A PACE committee has called for urgent measures to improve the quality of vocational training, boost its attractiveness and bring it into line with the needs of the labour market.