During the commemoration events in St. Petersburg and Moscow from 3-7 November Mr. Kox (The Netherlands) participated among other events in the international forum of Left Forces « October 1917: Breakthrough towards Socialism » where he highlighted the binding European Convention… Continue Reading
During the second day of the Autumn Session the President of Czech Republic addressed the Assembly on issues of human rights, economic diplomacy, migration and his opposition to sanctions against Russia which are a “lose-lose strategy” instead of “win-win”. On behalf… Continue Reading
On the request by the UEL Group, a current affairs debate on the crisis in Catalonia had been adopted during the Bureau meeting at the start of the Autumn-session. The current affairs debate, where the necessity of a political solution… Continue Reading
Autumn session: UEL Group calls for an urgent debate about the crisis in Catalonia The recent events clearly show there is need for a political solution to the crisis in Catalonia in order to avoid further citizens’ dissatisfaction with… Continue Reading
A draft recommendation on the basis of a report by Tiny Kox, chairman of the Group of the Unified European Left has been unanimously adopted by the Committee on Rules of Procedure, Immunities and Institutional Affairs, calling on the Committee… Continue Reading
The Group of the Unified European Left is concerned about the detention of the Director of Amnesty International Turkey, Ms. Idil Eser, who has been arrested on June 6 along with 7 human rights defenders and 2 trainers who were… Continue Reading
On 25/11 the chairman of UEL, Mr. Kox met with the Secretary-General of AKEL Andros Kyprianou, also former vice-president of UEL, to discuss the chance to complete the unification process of Cyprus in the nearest future. The party of AKEL… Continue Reading
During the meeting of the Bureau of the Parliamentary Assembly in Nicosia the proposal of Mr. Kox to send a letter to the Turkish authorities in order to stipulate that any possible arrest of the four HDP and UEL members… Continue Reading
At an international conference in Copenhagen (19-20 November), UEL Chair Tiny Kox emphasized that European austerity policy is undermining social and democratic rights of European citizens. Referring to earlier reports of Council of Europe’s Human Rights Commissioner Nils Muižnieks… Continue Reading
The UEL co-chairman, Mr. Villumsen (Denmark) makes a visit to Diyarbakır, Turkey, to get information on how the HDP, which is a member of the UEL Group can be supported throughout Europe. Earlier this week, when Mr. Villumsen was representing… Continue Reading