Biography Born on 19 May 1950 in Luxembourg Responsibilities in the Parliamentary Assembly since 1993 President of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe since January 2014 President of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe (ALDE) in 2009-2014 President of the Committee on Culture, Science and Education in 2008-2010 Rapporteur : has … Read more
Stages
Opportunités de stages auprès de l’Assemblée parlementaire du Conseil de l’Europe L’Assemblée parlementaire du Conseil de l’Europe accueille des stagiaires à toute période de l’année pour une durée de 8 semaines maximum. Qui peut postuler? Les ressortissants de l’un des Etats membres du Conseil de l’Europe (voir http://hub.coe.int/). Conditions minimum requises – Etre titulaire d’une … Read more
Equality and Non-Discrimination News Empowering intersex people: a crucial means of guaranteeing their rights 26/10/2018 Equality and Non-Discrimination “For far too long, discrimination against intersex people has played havoc with their lives and led to appalling violations of their rights,” said Piet De Bruyn, on the occasion of Intersex Awareness Day. More ‘It’s time to … Read more
Joint Committee
Did you know? The Joint Committee is the organ of co-ordination of the Council of Europe. Secretariat – 6.229 – +33/3 88.41.2370 Reference texts Resolution (51) 30 C, Statute of the Council of Europe Functioning Terms of reference The functions of the Joint Committee are: to examine the problems which are common to the Committee … Read more
Working structure
Composition and working methods of committees Committees are composed of representatives or substitutes of the Assembly. All committees (with the exception of the Committee on the Honouring of obligations and commitments by member states, known as the Monitoring Committee and the Committee of Rules of Procedure, Immunities and Institutional Affairs) have an equal number of … Read more
Election observation
The Assembly was instrumental in introducing institutionalised parliamentary observation of elections in Europe. Its first initiative was monitoring the electoral process of a state in 1974 in the context of the return of Greece to the Council of Europe. Founded on 5 May 1949 by ten states, in 1989 the Organisation had 23 members. Since … Read more
News 27/04/2016 | NewsThe President expresses concern at the decision to ban the Mejlis of Crimean-Tatar people 18/04/2016 | NewsPACE President, ahead of debates on migration and asylum: ‘They are still dying out there’ 18/04/2016 | NewsPresident Agramunt calls for release of PACE member Nadiya Savchenko more
Working structure
Political groups In order to develop a non-national European outlook, the formation of political groups in the Parliamentary Assembly has been promoted and from 1964 onwards they were granted certain rights within the Rules of Procedure. At present the Assembly counts five political groups: the Group of the European People’s Party (EPP/CD) ; the Socialist … Read more
The Network Women Free from Violence
The Parliamentary Network Women Free from Violence is composed of parliamentarians, engaged at national level in the fight against violence against women. They belong to delegations of member and observer States with the Parliamentary Assembly, as well as delegations of partners for democracy. The Network has been active since 2006, when it contributed to the … Read more
AS/PRO: Documents and declarations
The committee’s public documents and declarations. Date Document title 25/01/2018 AS/Pro (2018) 02 def Participation of members in Parliamentary Assembly plenary sessions and committee meetings 27/04/2017 AS/Pro (2017) 12 def Declaration – Principle of confidence in members and their duty of accountability when exercising their elective offices in the Parliamentary Assembly 26/01/2017 AS/Pro (2017) 06 … Read more
Former President
Stella Kyriakides Stella Kyriakides (Cyprus, EPP/CD) has been elected President of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe following the resignation of Pedro Agramunt (Spain, EPP/CD) on 6 October 2017. She obtained a large majority over the other candidate, Emanuelis Zingeris (Lithuania, EPP/CD), in the third round of voting. She will remain … Read more
The powers of the Assembly
Using its powers under the founding Statute, the Assembly can: Demand action from 47 European governments, who must jointly reply Conduct probes to uncover new facts about human rights violations Question Presidents and Prime Ministers on any topic it chooses Observe elections and send delegations to mediate in crisis hot-spots Negotiate the terms on which … Read more
AS/MON: Synopses /
Detail of decisions taken by the Committee at each meeting Détail des décisions prises par la Commission à chacune de ses réunions Date English Français 2018 16/01/2017 AS/MON 001 AS/MON 001 22/01/2018 AS/MON 002 AS/MON 002 13/03/2018 AS/MON 003 AS/MON 003 27/04/2018 AS/MON 004 AS/MON 004 29/05/2018 AS/MON 005 AS/MON 005 26/06/2018 AS/MON 006 … Read more
Political groups
There are six organised political groups within the Assembly: the Group of the European People’s Party (EPP/CD) the Socialists, Democrats and Greens Group (SOC) the European Conservatives Group (EC) – New site under construction, thank you for your patience the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe (ALDE) the Group of the Unified European … Read more
AS/EGA: Synopses /
Detail of decisions taken by the Committee at each meeting Détail des décisions prises par la Commission à chacune de ses réunions Date English Français 2016 25/01/2016 AS/EGA 001 AS/EGA 001 11/03/2016 AS/EGA 002 AS/EGA 002 18/04/2016 AS/EGA 003 AS/EGA 003 12/05/2016 AS/EGA/GEN 001 – Scom Women Free from Violence AS/EGA/GEN 001 – Scom … Read more
Working structure
Interparliamentary co-operation and external relations Interparliamentary co-operation The Pan-European Programme for Inter-Parliamentary Co-operation and Assistance of the Parliamentary Assembly (DEMOPARL) is open to member states as well as to those enjoying special guest status. The programme covers in particular three fields: information and training for parliamentarians and parliamentary staff; multilateral and bilateral co-operation in the … Read more
AS/MON: Documents and declarations
The committee’s public documents and declarations. Date Document title 18/09/2018 AS/Mon(2018)13 rev./ Information note Post-monitoring dialogue with “the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia” 28/06/2018 AS/Mon(2018)08 rev./ Information note Honouring of obligations and commitments by the Republic of Moldova 20/06/2018 AS/Mon(2018)09 rev./ Information note Honouring of Obligations and Commitments by Armenia 17/06/2018 AS/Mon(2018)07 / Information … Read more
The Vice-Presidents of the Assembly
Election Twenty Vice-Presidents are elected annually at the beginning of an ordinary session and remain in office until the opening of the next session (but a Vice-President whose delegation is renewed in the course of a session does not remain in office). The number of Vice-Presidents has been increased on several occasions as the number … Read more
Should All Men with Type 2 Diabetes Be Routinely Prescribed Phosphodiesterase Type 5 Inhibitors?
Abstract According to numerous clinical studies, many serious health problems in men have similar pathological processes at their core. Diseases such as type 2 diabetes (T2DM), insulin resistance, erectile dysfunction (ED), benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH) and depression are in most cases accompanied by conditions such as endothelial dysfunction and inflammation [1]. Endothelial dysfunction is … Read more
AS/POL: Documents and declarations
The committee’s public documents and declarations. Date Document title 1. Work programme 23/06/2017 AS/Pol (2017) WP 05 2. Programmes of Rapporteurs’ missions 07/12/2017 AS/POL/Inf (2017) 19 rev Programme of the fact-finding visit by Mr Attila Korodi, Romania, EPP/CD, Rapporteur of the Committee on Libya’s future between the threats of terrorism and a democratic prospect – … Read more