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
“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
Today, Mr. Kox, chairman of the UEL Group, addressed his PACE colleagues, chairpersons from the political groups and leaders of the national delegations in a letter calling for a fair trial for and release of Mr. Selahattin Demirtaş, co-chairperson of HDP. “May I therefore… 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