The report on overcoming the socio-economic crisis sparked by the Covid-19 pandemic by Vice-Chair Andrej Hunko (Germany) has been adopted by an overwhelming majority by the Members of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe. The Assembly’s Members shared… Continue Reading
Solidarity with HDP The UEL group reaffirms its solidarity with the Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) and its co-chairs, parliamentarians, mayors and members who have been imprisoned for purely political reasons. After the systematic repression against the HDP which include arrests, lifting the immunity of… Continue Reading
Today, the Vice-chairman of the UEL group Mr Hisyar Özsoy spoke on behalf of the Group in support of a resolution that has been presented by Mr Thomas HAMMARBERG and Mr John HOWELL on behalf of the Monitoring Committee during the debate under… Continue Reading
By adopting a resolution and recommendation based on the report prepared by UEL Chair Tiny Kox (Netherlands, UEL), the PACE parliamentarians underlined today that “the Council of Europe’s overall priority should be to remain the pillar of democratic security and genuine multilateralism in… Continue Reading
Statement by Manon Aubry and Martin Schirdewan, Co-Presidents of the GUE/NGL group in the European Parliament and Tiny Kox, President of the European Left group in the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe. The best way to address the… Continue Reading
The Group of the Unified European Left in de Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe urges member States and Parliaments to combat the COVID-19 pandemic while upholding Council of Europe standards and values. In reaction to the recent COVID-19… Continue Reading
With over 2/3 majority PACE supports proposals made by UEL chair Tiny Kox on how to meet future challenges of the Council of Europe. The proposals include a new strong multilateral reaction mechanism of the Parliamentary Assembly, Committee of Ministers… Continue Reading
On behalf of the left group in the Council of Europe, Mr. Kox asked the European Human Rights Commissioner Dunja Mijatovic to look urgently at the situation of journalist and WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, who was arrested in London yesterday.… Continue Reading
On 16 March, the Standing committee meeting took place in Paris. The Members of PACE discussed the future of the European Human Rights Convention (which applies to all 830 million Europeans, from Iceland to Russia and from Portugal to Turkey) and… Continue Reading