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Former PACE Presidents reflect on the biggest challenge of their time in office

PACE Secretary General and PACE President meeting with former PACE presidents during the 2025 spring session

Seven former Presidents of the Parliamentary Assembly gathered in the Assembly’s debating chamber today, on the first day of its 2025 spring session, at the invitation of current President Theodoros Rousopoulos – and took time out to talk about the biggest challenge they faced during their time in office.

The seven, who were also joined in the Chamber by PACE Secretary General Despina Chatzivassiliou, collectively represent the Assembly’s leadership over a span of nearly twenty years.

Current President Rousopoulos invited his predecessors to tell the MediaBox about the biggest challenge they had faced as President:

These testimonies have been gathered in a playlist on the Assembly’s YouTube channel.