14/11/2013 | President
“A true parliamentary democracy must be backed up by a democratic political culture, one based on pluralism, on respect for the rights of all political forces”, said PACE President Jean-Claude Mignon, speaking in Moscow today.
13/11/2013 | Social Affairs, Health and Sustainable Development
Europe must decouple its energy consumption from economic and demographic growth and moderate its energy needs by investing in energy efficiency and savings, according to the Committee on Social Affairs.
13/11/2013 | Monitoring
The committee made public an information note by the co-rapporteurs on the honouring of obligations and commitments by Montenegro Nursuna Memecan and Kimmo Sasi (Finland, EPP/CD) on their fact-finding visit to Pogdorica.
13/11/2013 | Social Affairs, Health and Sustainable Development
“The Internet should be free, but not lawless,” Hans Guyt, the man behind the “Sweetie” online sting to unmask sexual predators, told a network of PACE parliamentarians today in Geneva.
13/11/2013 | Social Affairs, Health and Sustainable Development
Europe can contribute added value by striving to reduce inequalities, so as to make further progress in the implementation of the MDGs by 2015. The Assembly should join forces with other parliamentary bodies.
12/11/2013 | President
Speaking on behalf of the Parliamentary Assembly, its President Jean-Claude Mignon has sent a message of solidarity, compassion and comfort to the families and loved ones of the thousands of victims of Typhoon Haiyan.
12/11/2013 | Social Affairs, Health and Sustainable Development
The committee has urged governments to conclude “an ambitious global agreement” to tackle climate change by setting a target of a 20 per cent cut in greenhouse gas emissions by 2030.
08/11/2013 | President
At the end of his official visit to Portugal, the President of PACE has recalled the need to deepen North-South dialogue, emphasising the role that Portugal plays in improving the dialogue on the future of southern Mediterranean states.
08/11/2013 | Political Affairs and Democracy
"Parliaments are the strategic venue for any political reform which leads to freedom, the gateway to every Spring!" said the Speaker of the Portuguese Parliament Assunção Esteves, speaking in Lisbon.
08/11/2013 | Political Affairs and Democracy
“Our advanced status in the EU and Partner for Democracy status in PACE are constantly influencing our political choices,” said the Speaker of the Moroccan House of Councillors.
08/11/2013 | Political Affairs and Democracy
“The representative institutions, such as Parliaments and Constituent Assemblies, have a key role to play in the transformation process launched by the Arab Spring”, today said João B. Mota Amaral.
08/11/2013 | Parliamentary support
A conference organised on 8 November 2013 in Lisbon, in co-operation with the PACE Committee on Political Affairs and the North-South Centre discussed political changes in the South Mediterranean and in the Middle East.