Protected: UEL Group secures majority for amendment requesting the Venice Commission to issue opinion on recent Knesset Law
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UEL elects new Co-President
Today, the UEL group has elected Mr George Loucaides (AKEL – Left-New Forces, Cyprus) as its Co-President to replace outgoing Co-President Mr Andrej Hunko (BSW, Germany). Mr George Loucaides has been a member of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council… Continue Reading
Chair UEL Katrougalos moderates event on “decent work: building a sustainable future”
UEL chair George Katrougalos (Syriza, Greece) and Vice-chair Andrej Hunko (Die Linke, Germany) attended the UN High-Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development in New York. They participated in the side event on “Decent work: building a sustainable future” to look… Continue Reading
UEL declaration on Melilla facts
On June 24, after an attempt to jump the fence in Melilla, a massacre took place, with the result of 45 people killed. According to the Government, some 2,000 people approached the border perimeter; 133 managed to arrive and are… Continue Reading
Chair Katrougalos calls for solidarity with Ukraine
Chair Katrougalos represented the UEL group during the working visit to Ukraine on 28 June in the framework of the Committee on Legal Affairs and Human Rights. “While we should continue showing full solidarity to Ukraine, we acknowledge that there’s… Continue Reading
UEL Chair congratulates NUPES for its victory
NUPES, the New Ecologic, Popular and Social People’s Union, has won an important victory at the first round of parliamentary elections in France. It is a historical event, demonstrating that the unity of the left can be victorious against the… Continue Reading
UEL Chair visits Lviv with members of the Presidential Committee
In the framework of the official visit between 5-7 April, the members of the Presidential Committee held several meetings with members of the Ukrainian PACE delegation, the Speaker of the Verhovna Rada Ruslan Stefanchuk, Lviv Mayor Andriy Sadovyy and Maxim Kozycky,… Continue Reading
UEL President meets President PACE, member UEL
Today, history is in the making as a meeting between the newly elected President of UEL, Mr George Katrougalos and President of PACE, Mr Tiny Kox, member and former UEL President, takes place. Both discussed the developments following military aggression… Continue Reading
George Katrougalos elected as UEL chair
On 14 March, vice-chair George Katrougalos (SYRIZA, Greece) has been unanimously elected as chairperson of the UEL group. Biography
Statement on the situation in Ukraine by the UEL Bureau
We denounce Russia’s invasion of Ukraine which constitutes a flagrant violation of international law, namely of article 2(4) of the UN Charter and customary international law, demand its immediate end and reiterate that war can never be a solution. We… Continue Reading