Always great catching up with delegation Secretaries @pace.coe.int - good exchange about session & other events. Looking forward to working with the Maltese delegation on the upcoming Round Table at the Standing Committee in #Malta. In focus: #youngpeople!

@coe.int standards on #elections include binding obligations for all countries, to ensure the right to #freeelections as set out in #ECHR. The work done by CoE can be understood through the #electoralcycle which provides a guide 2 each step in an electoral process. More 👇
www.coe.int/en/web/elect...

Opening the European Conference of Presidents of Parliament, the PACE President reaffirmed that Europe’s greatness lies in its principles and values—timeless, global, and more relevant than ever.

More: pace.coe.int/en/news/9807...

#SpeakersSpeak2025

Kick off @pace.coe.int
#EuropeanConferenceofPresidentsofParliaments with a thought provoking pre-conference session that puts #environmentalaction at the center of discussions.
🗓️: 20 March 2025
⏰: 9:45 - 10:45
📍: Room 11, Palais de l'Europe
#YouthForPlanetProtection #Democracy

Views from above ✈️

In Chisinău with @pace.coe.int Rapporteur & member of #VeniceCommission for Post-Election Analysis Conference re. Presidential Election & Republican Constitutional Referendum in #Moldova: lessons learned, recommendations & way forward.
#electoralcooperation
#parlamentarycooperation

This year pre-conference event will focus on #youth and #environment - looking forward to seeing co defence participants in the event.

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Home sweet home? Sadly, not for everyone.

1 in 5 women in the EU have experienced violence at home, finds the @eu-eurostat.extwitter.link /
@eurightsagency.bsky.social / EIGE EU gender-based violence survey.

Time for change to provide victims with better support. Find out more: europa.eu/!rybfbP

Women’s.
Rights.
Are.
Not.
Negotiable.

This year, the EU’s first legislation to combat violence against women entered into force, criminalizing physical, psychological, economic, and sexual violence.

We will continue to do everything possible to protect victims and punish offenders.