14/05/2025 | Elections
A 31-member delegation of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE), led by Iulian Bulai (Romania, ALDE), will travel to Poland from 16 to 19 May to observe the conduct of the presidential election on 18 May, alongside observers from the OSCE’s Office for Democratic Institutions...
13/05/2025 | Equality and Non-Discrimination
Parliaments across Europe and beyond should declare the goal of achieving “gender parity” in their representation, backed by strategic plans, as one of a series of measures to ensure the balanced participation of women and men in all areas of parliamentary life, according to a PACE committee...
12/05/2025 | Elections
Elections to Albania’s parliament were competitive and professionally managed, the authorities rose to the challenge of organising out-of-country voting for the first time and candidates could mostly campaign freely, but they were marked by widespread misuse of public resources and institutional...
12/05/2025 | Prizes
The deadline for submitting applications for the 2025 Václav Havel Human Rights Prize has been extended to 30 June 2025. The Prize, created in 2013, is awarded each year by the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE), in partnership with the Václav Havel Library and the Charta 77...
12/05/2025 | Parliamentary support
On the occasion of the international seminar “Legal Certainty and the Quality of Law: Concepts, Challenges, and Comparative Perspectives", which took place in Rabat on 6-7 May 2025, the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) reaffirmed its strong commitment to legal clarity...
06/05/2025 | Elections
A 21-member delegation from the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE), led by Simone Billi (Italy, ECPA), will travel to Albania from 9 to 12 May to observe the conduct of the 11 May parliamentary elections alongside partners from the OSCE’s Office for Democratic Institutions and...
05/05/2025 | President
In a wide-ranging reflection on the nature of modern democracy, PACE President Theodoros Rousopoulos has urged today’s democratic politicians to set aside illusion, to drop grand visions and to focus on “truth, humility and responsibility” if they are to win back the trust of citizens...
02/05/2025 | Culture, Science, Education and Media
On the occasion of World Press Freedom Day (3 May 2025), PACE’s General Rapporteur on media freedom and safety of journalists Valentina Grippo (Italy, ALDE) has reiterated the importance of press freedom and the safety of journalists as fundamental pillars of a genuine democracy, emphasising the...
02/05/2025 | Prizes
The selection panel of the Vigdís Prize for Women's Empowerment, which rewards outstanding initiatives to promote the empowerment of women in all their diversity in Europe and beyond, has today announced the shortlist for the second edition of the Award. Meeting in Strasbourg, the panel – made up...
30/04/2025 | Monitoring
Following a fact-finding visit to Skopje from 23 to 25 April 2025, Sibel Arslan (Switzerland, SOC) and Joseph O’Reilly (Ireland, EPP/CD), co-rapporteurs of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) for post-monitoring dialogue with North Macedonia, have welcomed the progress made...
24/04/2025 | President
PACE President Theodoros Rousopoulos has ended an official visit to Armenia by welcoming continued progress on institutional reforms in the country aimed at strengthening judicial independence, protecting human rights and fighting corruption. During high-level talks with Armenian leaders on 23...
24/04/2025 | Migration, International Protection and Economic Co-operation
“A structured dialogue between the various stakeholders is urgently needed, be they state or non-state actors. This situation is too serious for Resolution 2569 to remain a document in a drawer,” said PACE Vice-President Antonio Gutiérrez-Limones (Spain, SOC), opening a parliamentary conference...