In the Urgent debate: follow-up to the report of the Independent Investigation Body on the allegations of corruption within the Parliamentary Assembly chairman of the UEL Group delivered the following speech: It is sad to recognize that this esteemed Assembly… Continue Reading
Statement UEL on follow up of report on allegations of corruption within the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe: Urgent appeal to Assembly to restore its credibility The Group of the Unified European Left (UEL) urgently… Continue Reading
Chair Tiny Kox and General Secretary Anna Kolotova represented in Bergen, Norway, the Unified European Left Group at the annual conference of Left parties, which was hosted this year by the Socialist Left Party of Norway. Together with Gabi Zimmer,… Continue Reading
UEL Vice-chairperson Ms. Kavvadia (SYRIZA, Greece), attending the 3rd Congress of HDP in Ankara, has expressed the Group’s solidarity with the 3rd largest party in the Parliament of Turkey, which suffers under harsh repression of Turkish authorities. The police hindrance… Continue Reading
During the PACE January part session Ms. Inna Supac (Republic of Moldova, PCRM) spoke on behalf of the UEL Group within the free debates. She informed PACE members regarding the situation in this country which is under the monitoring of the… Continue Reading
“The Israeli – Palestinian peace process is one of the emblematic initiatives taken up by the Council of Europe, since it stands as a standard paradigm of Human Rights issue”, said Ms. Kavvadia (Greece, Syriza) on behalf of the… Continue Reading
During the PACE January part session the UEL Group invited Mr. Ruslan Kotsaba, a Western Ukrainian journalist and blogger, who had been previously convicted on treason charges, to hear about his case during its Group meeting. Mr. Kotsaba was sentenced to two… Continue Reading
During the PACE January part session Ms. Anneta Kavvadia (Greece, Syriza) spoke on behalf of the UEL Group on the progress report of the PACE monitoring procedure. In her speech she pointed out that the monitoring process is one of the… Continue Reading
The Group of the Unified European Left has put a current affairs debate on the Turkish military intervention in Syria on the PACE agenda of the January session. Today, Mr. Kox, opened the debate in which he pointed out that “instead of contributing… Continue Reading
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