The resolution adopted almost unanimously by PACE, based on a report by Tiny Kox (Netherlands, UEL), proposes that the Assembly adopt guidelines “on the scope of parliamentary immunities enjoyed by members of the Assembly” with a view to clarifying… Continue Reading
The Group of the Unified European Left nominates its Chairperson, Senator Tiny Kox, NL, as the next President of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe. All national delegations and all political groups have been informed about the Group’s… Continue Reading
UEL statement on Afghanistan crisis The Group of the Unified European Left in the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe calls on the Committee of Ministers to urgently communicate to all member States’ governments and Parliaments to take… Continue Reading
Mr Gavan said, “There has unfortunately been a steady increase in incidents between May and July of this year, and these have reached a new level with regrettable injuries and loss of life, which is of great concern to me.”… Continue Reading
Denouncing President Erdoğan’s onslaught on the democratic opposition in Turkey, The Left in the European Parliament, together with the Unified European Left at the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, urge the EU to speak out against authoritarian repression… Continue Reading
Following a discussion at the Political Committee and the Subcommittee on Middle East and the Arab World, UEL calls for the immediate de-escalation and stop of violence in Israel and Palestine which has resulted already at 26 deaths. After the… Continue Reading
Solidarity with HDP The UEL group reaffirms its solidarity with the Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) and its co-chairs, parliamentarians, mayors and members who have been imprisoned for purely political reasons. After the systematic repression against the HDP which include arrests, lifting the immunity of… Continue Reading
Today, the Vice-chairman of the UEL group Mr Hisyar Özsoy spoke on behalf of the Group in support of a resolution that has been presented by Mr Thomas HAMMARBERG and Mr John HOWELL on behalf of the Monitoring Committee during the debate under… Continue Reading
On behalf of the UEL Group Mr Kox asked the Commissioner for Human Rights to investigate a new wave of “politically inspired arrests and call on the Turkish authorities to end immediately this new crack down of the political opposition,… Continue Reading
On behalf of the left group in the Council of Europe, Mr. Kox asked the European Human Rights Commissioner Dunja Mijatovic to look urgently at the situation of journalist and WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, who was arrested in London yesterday.… Continue Reading