The Unified European Left Group in PACE is pleased that after having urged to move this matter further, the Parliamentary Assembly decided to take action because of possible forms of corruption related to members and/or former members of the Parliamentary… Continue Reading
The Group of the Unified European Left in the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe deeply deplores that the Assembly will not be given a possibility to have an urgent debate this week in Strasbourg on the functioning of… 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
The arrests of the larger part of the political leadership of HDP, Turkey’s 3rd largest party in Parliament, is a flagrant violation of Turkey’s democracy by the country’s authorities. UEL demands immediate release of those arrested last night and calls… Continue Reading
After the arrest of two co-mayors of Diyarbakir, the chairman of UEL, Mr. Kox has asked the Secretary General and the Human Rights Commissioner of the Council of Europe to carry as soon as possible investigations on the ground in order… Continue Reading
Chairman of UEL, Mr. Kox welcomes the official announcement of President Hollande to organize the new Council of Europe Summit of Heads of State and Government under the French presidency in 2019. Today, the French President addressed the Parliamentary Assembly where… Continue Reading
The citizens of Morocco have elected their new Parliament in a calm atmosphere on Friday. At least, the part of the population that went to cast their vote. The largest party, however, stayed home. Overall, only a quarter of all… Continue Reading