On Wednesday, 24 January 2018, the Group of the Unified European Left in the PACE invited the President-elect of the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI), Mrs. Maryam Rajavi, to address its group meeting on the human rights situation… Continue Reading
“Our fellow colleagues of the UEL-group from the Turkish HDP party have again been condemned to scandalous prison sentences. No democracy is ever possible without an opposition, but our colleagues from the HDP-party are prevented from doing their work as… Continue Reading
In the broadcast of the Alex Salmond Show from the 4th of January 2017 Mr. Tiny Kox, chairman of the UEL-group, was interviewed about the future of the Council of Europe. During the autumn session of PACE, when the… Continue Reading
The Group of the Unified European Left in the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe wholeheartedly congratulates the Left-Green Movement for delivering the new Prime Minister of Iceland, Ms. Katrín Jakobsdóttir, after securing a coalition deal with the Independence Party and… Continue Reading
During the PACE Presidential Committee meeting in Copenhagen it was decided to invite the representatives of the Russian Parliament to participate in discussions about the future of the Council of Europe and the role of PACE. Earlier during their visit… Continue Reading
Mr. Kox highlighted that in the meetings with his Russian colleagues, amongst who Mr Kosachev, Mr. Lukin, Mr. Zuganov, Mr. Melnikov and Mr. Mironov, the clear wish, from all sides, was expressed that “we should and could find an acceptable… Continue Reading
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
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
UEL Chairman, Mr. Kox presented on Monday 26 June the progress report of the Bureau and Standing Committee of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe at the start of the June part session. In his report, in which… Continue Reading