The Presidential Committee of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe will meet with the Speaker of the Russian State Duma Sergey Naryskin on 25 January 2015 in Strasbourg, after earlier meetings in 2014 in Moscow and Paris. … Continue Reading
On 15 January 2015 the Presidential Committee will visit Kiev, to meet with the Speaker and members of the new elected Parliament of Ukraine. In March 2014 the Presidential Committee already visited Kiev, Donetsk and Lviv, to get a first… Continue Reading
On 30 November general elections in Moldova were observed by an elections observation mission of PACE. UEL was represented by Nazmi Gür, Turkey. Click here for the statement.
The Sub Committee on the Middle East and the Arab World paid a fact finding mission to Palestine and Israel from 28 November to 1 December 2014. The Sub Committee met amongst others with delegations of the Palestinian National Council… Continue Reading
Citizens of Bosnia and Herzegovina participated in general elections on 13 October 2014. The elections observation mission of PACE was headed by Tiny Kox. UEL was also represented in the mission by Nikolaj Villumsen, Denmark. The elections showed an ever… Continue Reading
UEL welcomes new attempts of the Palestinian National Authority to become member state of the United Nations. Earlier, in 2011 Palestine already became partner for democracy of the Parliamentary assembly of the Council of Europe, as proposed by Tiny Kox,… Continue Reading
25 November 2014 – Pope Francis meets with UEL Chair Tiny Kox during his visit to the European Parliament and the Council of Europe in Strasbourg.
Mr Kox actively participated at the PACE Standing Committee in Brussels on Tuesday 18 November at the Federal Parliament, in the context of the Belgian Chairmanship of the Committee of Ministers (November 2014-May 2015). After the opening of the… Continue Reading
Mrs. Anna Kolotova was appointed new secretary of the Unified Europen Left Group in the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, succeeding Mrs. Helena de Assis, who passed away on 25 September. Mrs. Kolotova (Belgium) was born in… Continue Reading
Mrs. Helena de Assis, Secretary of the Unified European Left Group since 1996, died 25 September 2014. UEL Chair Tiny Kox recalled Helena’s life, her work for UEL as well as her long suffering, in the funeral mess in Strasbourg.… Continue Reading