To get first hand information on how the Republic of San Marino is reacting to the COVID-crisis, a UEL-delegation paid a short fact-finding visit to one of Europe’s smallest states. The delegation included UEL Chair Tiny Kox, vice-Chair Andrej Hunko,… Continue Reading
Ms. Brynjólfsdóttir, head of the Icelandic delegation and Member of the Standing Committee recalled during the remote current affairs debate on 15 September that the PACE Members had been calling on the Belarusian government to « immediately end its repression… Continue Reading
UEL Member Momodou Malcolm Jallow (Sweden), who is the General Rapporteur on Combating Racism and Intolerance of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) has issued a statement in which he called upon the member States to stop… Continue Reading
With great concern we, the Group of the Unified European Left in the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, are following the developments in Belarus, especially during and after the Presidential elections of August 9. After an elections campaign… Continue Reading
During the remote Standing committee meeting on 26 of June, the report on « lessons for the future from an effective and rights-based response to the COVID-19 pandemic », prepared by UEL vice-chair Andrej Hunko (Die Linke, Germany) had been… Continue Reading
Mr Loukaides: ‘In its last meeting members of the sub committee asked for a clear reaction from the Assembly to the announcement of the Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu on possible annexation, from 1 July 2020. Any unilateral act by Israel… Continue Reading
The tragic death of George Floyd at the hand of the police in the United States shocked and saddened the public around the world. It is not, however, something new or unheard of: many more people of colour have been… Continue Reading
The UEL Group follows carefully the developments of anti-government protests in Ljubljana, Slovenia and urges the authorities to respect human rights, opposition and journalists. UEL Member Violeta Tomic (Levica, Slovenia) says “Thousands of Slovenians are accusing the government of corruption… Continue Reading
UEL Member Petter Eide (Socialist Left Party, Norway), co-rapporteur for the monitoring of Albania by the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) welcomed the agreement reached between the ruling majority and the parliamentary and non-parliamentary opposition on reform… Continue Reading
The resolution and recommendation prepared by vice-chair UEL, Mr Hunko (Die Linke, Germany) on “Lessons for the future from an effective and rights-based response to the COVID-19 pandemic” have been adopted by a large majority by the Committee on Social… Continue Reading