Strong and active participation of ALDE members in the PACE Standing Committee meeting on 19 March 2021. Live transmission here.
Highlights:
Questions to Exchange of views with Minister of State for Europe at the Federal Foreign Office of Germany Michael Roth:
Jaques Maire: the need for cooperation of all sides in PACE’s work on poisoning of Alexei Navalny, including Germany & prisoner exchange between Azerbaijan and Armenia
Nicole Trisse: travel restrictions in Europe due to Covid, including between neighbouring regions, and the need to find an approach inspired by the spirit of European cooperation and freedom of movement
Petra Stienen: the need to fight gender stereotypes behind online violence against women
Speakers on behalf of the ALDE group in Current affairs debates:
Fiona O’Loughlin: Democracies facing Covid-19: the way forward
Jacques Maire: Recent developments in Turkey concerning parliamentary democracy
ALDE Rapporteurs
Fabien Gouttefarde: The protection of victims of arbitrary displacement