10/06/2013 | Legal Affairs and Human Rights
Following a fact-finding visit to Berlin to prepare his report on "the protection of minors against sectarian influence", the rapporteur of the Committee on Legal Affairs and Human Rights Rudy Salles has welcomed the German authorities' determination to combat the phenomenon of "sectarian abuse".
10/06/2013 | Monitoring
Pedro Agramunt (Spain, EPP/CD) and Joseph Debono Grech (Malta, SOC), PACE co-rapporteurs for the monitoring of Azerbaijan, will visit the country from 11 to 13 June 2013, to further assess the honouring of its obligations and commitments to the Council of Europe.
10/06/2013 | Equality and Non-Discrimination
General rapporteur on the rights of LGBT people Håkon Haugli expressed concern about the draft bill on ‘homosexual propaganda’ to be examined by the Russian Duma. "Russia should wait for the Venice Commission opinion".
06/06/2013 | Political Affairs and Democracy
On the basis of a report by Pietro Marcenaro (Italy, SOC) on the situation in the Middle East, the PACE Committee on Political Affairs and Democracy, meeting in Paris today, reiterated its support for a solution establishing “two states for two peoples”, while emphasising the need to qualify this expression by specifying “two democratic and pluralist states”.
06/06/2013 | Monitoring
“We have closely followed the events taking place in Turkey in the last few days,” said Josette Durrieu (France, SOC), PACE rapporteur for post-monitoring dialogue with Turkey, appealing for calm and dialogue.
06/06/2013 | President
PACE President Jean-Claude Mignon will make an official visit to “the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia” from 10 to 12 June 2013, during which he is due to meet the President of the Republic, the President of the National Assembly, the Prime Minister, ...
06/06/2013 | Political Affairs and Democracy
“When, in 2011, the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) agreed to grant partnership for democracy status to the Moroccan parliament, it stressed that the prime aim was progress in taking forward reforms and I note with satisfaction that this aim has been achieved. The partnership for democracy has created new dynamics between the Council of Europe and Morocco,” ...
06/06/2013 | Social Affairs, Health and Sustainable Development
A delegation will travel to Baku on 11 June for a parliamentary conference on ‘The well-being of children as an indicator for the well-being of society’, in the framework of the implementation in Azerbaijan of the ONE-in-FIVE campaign.
05/06/2013 | Political Affairs and Democracy
“Revenue shortfalls due to tax evasion and aggressive tax avoidance practices of multinational companies, exploiting cross-border accounting to maximise their profits, challenge our democratic systems,” rapporteur Dirk Van der Maelen (Belgium, SOC) said at a hearing ...
05/06/2013 | Election observation
A five-member PACE delegation led by Luca Volontè (Italy, EPP/CD) will carry out a pre-electoral mission to Albania on 10-11 June 2013, to assess the electoral framework and campaign prior to the parliamentary elections to be held in the country on 23 June. In Tirana, the delegation is due to meet the Prime Minister, the Speaker of the Parliament, the Minister of Interior and the Albanian delegation to PACE.
04/06/2013 | Migration, International Protection and Economic Co-operation
“The fundamental dilemma for Europe is the extent to which integration tests for migrants promote integration and the point at which they become a barrier and actually begin to inhibit it", Tineke Strik said.
04/06/2013 | Migration, International Protection and Economic Co-operation
At a hearing on the resettlement of refugees, Eric Voruz, rapporteur on the subject, called for increased solidarity between European countries. "We must all be more supportive towards countries such as Malta", he said.