Today, at its meeting in Strasbourg, the Bureau of the Parliamentary Assembly has taken the decision to express its lack of confidence in Mr. Pedro Agramunt as President of the Assembly, being of opinion that his representation could further harm the image of… Continue Reading
Two Members of the UEL Group, Ulla Sandbaek (Denmark) and Miren Gorrotxategui (Spain) visited Turkey between 13-19/02/2017 as part of the international peace delegation consisting of 10 members from Europe and North America, including Members of European Parliament and of… Continue Reading
The report on social cohesion and economic development, written by former UEL Member Tuur Elzinga (The Netherlands) and finalized by UEL vice-chairman Andrej Hunko (Germany), has been adopted almost unanimously during the second part session of the Parliamentary Assembly. Highlighting… Continue Reading
During the Spring plenary part-session of the Council of Europe Parliamentary Assembly (PACE) which is being held in Strasbourg from 24 to 28 April 2017, the UEL chairman, Mr. Kox also spoke on behalf of the Group in the progress report.… Continue Reading
Two vice-chairs of the Unified European Left Group, Andrej Hunko and Nikolaj Villumsen, participated in the election observation of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe. At Monday’s afternoon press meeting in Ankara the message from the international… Continue Reading
On behalf of the whole UEL Group, Mr. Kox expressed sincere condolences to the people of Russia, the relatives of the victims and wish for a speedy recovery to those who were wounded after the metro blast in St. Petersburg. The images of… Continue Reading
Today, during the parliamentary conference on combating international terrorism, chairman of the UEL Group, M Kox, delivered his speech where he highlighted the importance of Council of Europe’s instruments in combating terrorism while upholding human rights. M Kox, rapporteur on… Continue Reading
A TRIBUTE TO PACE AND A FEW WORDS ABOUT TRANSPARANCY AND FREEDOM OF SPEECH By Ögmundur Jónasson Former member UEL Group and honorary member of PACE As I leave PACE after almost four years I do so with regret… Continue Reading
The Unified European Left Group in PACE is pleased that after having urged to move this matter further, the Parliamentary Assembly decided to take action because of possible forms of corruption related to members and/or former members of the Parliamentary… Continue Reading