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5 hours ago · The Council of Europe is an international human rights organisation with 46 members. The European Social Charter is a CoE treaty created in 1961, laying down social rights to complement the ...
10 hours ago · Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán proposed the idea of an immediate cease-fire to Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy during their negotiations in Kyiv, Orbán said following the talks. “The rules of international diplomacy are slow and complex. I asked the President to consider whether it would be possible to reverse the order and ...
4 hours ago · European Council. • The European Council is the highest political entity of the European Union. • The members of the European Council are the heads of state or government of the 27 EU member states, the European Council President and the President of the European Commission. • It defines the EU’s overall political direction and ...
1 day ago · The Lisbon Treaty in 2009 stripped the position of many of its key responsibilities. Its role of presiding over the European Council—meetings of EU heads of state and government —passed to the new position of the European Council president, currently held by Charles Michel, who is set to pass his duties to António Costa on Dec. 1.
5 hours ago · CoE/GRETA. Millions of Ukrainian children have fled their homeland as a result of Russia's war of aggression, with many of them being hosted in Council of Europe member states. Armed conflicts create particular vulnerabilities for children leading to increased risks of abuse at many levels, including trafficking in human beings.
1 day ago · The north’s ‘foreign ministry’ on Tuesday issued a mixed response to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE)’s resolution regarding Varosha. The resolution, written by ...
Below is a list of all past and present European Commissioners according to the member state they were nominated by, including the Presidents of the European Coal and Steel Community and European Atomic Energy Community. The colours indicate their European political family background (blue for conservative or centre-right, mainly the European ...
