Upon the request of Mr Tiny Kox on behalf of the UEL group, the Standing Committee of the PACE decided to have an urgent debate on Turkey and asked the rapporteurs of the Committee on Honouring of Obligations and Commitments… Continue Reading
UEL Member Petter Eide (Socialist Left Party, Norway), co-rapporteur for the monitoring of Albania by the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) welcomed the agreement reached between the ruling majority and the parliamentary and non-parliamentary opposition on reform… Continue Reading
UEL Chair Mr Tiny Kox welcomes the release of Mrs Leyla Guven, after a hunger-strike of 79 days in a Turkish prison. Mrs Guven is MP for HDP and was in pre-trial detention since the beginning of 2018. In jail… 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