Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe in the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe

ALDE-PACE
President Rik Daems
Ideology Liberalism
Website
http://www.alde-pace.org/

The Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe in the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (ALDE-PACE) (French: Alliance des démocrates et des libéraux pour l'Europe) is a political group in the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe bringing together 74 members from 30 states.[1] Since October 2017, the group is chaired by Hendrik (Rik) Daems, Belgium.

ALDE-PACE Mission

The Mission of the ALDE-PACE group is to promote core values of the Council of Europe: democracy, human rights and the rule of law through enhanced political actions inside and outside the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe. ALDE adopted a new mission statement the 22nd of January 2018 outlining the values and objectives of the group.[2] ALDE members realize these objectives by actively participating in the Parliamentary Assembly sessions, working in its Committees, drafting reports, initiating debates and ensuring the follow-up of this work in their home countries. Outside the Assembly the group members are committed to promoting the principles of the Council of Europe and giving support to liberal and democratic values throughout Europe.[3]

Composition

Bureau

According to the Rules of Procedure of the ALDE-PACE[4] (as amended on 22 January 2018), the Bureau of the Group consists of the Chairperson, 11 Vice-Chairpersons and the Treasurer of the Group.[5] Chairpersons of committees and former Chairpersons of the Group are ex officio members of the Bureau.

Members

List of the ALDE-PACE members

Secretariat

The permanent secretariat of the Group is located in the headquarters of the Council of Europe in Strasbourg, France (Palais de l’Europe). The secretariat is chaired by Dr Maria Bigday.

History

It was not until after the celebration of the Council of Europe's 25th anniversary in 1964 that the Rules of Procedure of the Consultative Assembly (its name was not changed to Parliamentary Assembly until 1974) discreetly mentioned that members had the possibility of forming political groups. The history of the liberal group in the PACE dates back to the early 1970s (first documented in 1974). At the time it was called the Liberal Group and consisted of 30 members headed by Frederik Portheine (Netherlands).[6]

In the mid-80s the group changed its name to the “Liberal, Democratic and Reformers' Group” (LDR) in order to make the Group's political ideals universally and unequivocally recognisable. The name "Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe" (ALDE) was adopted on 20 June 2005[7] in order to enhance cooperation with other European liberal and democratic bodies, in particular the ALDE of the European Parliament.

ALDE-PACE Presidents

In officePresidentCountry
October 2017 – presentRik DaemsBelgium Belgium
2014 – October 2017Jordi Xuclà i CostaSpain Spain
2009–2014Anne BrasseurLuxembourg Luxembourg
2002–2009Mátyás EörsiHungary Hungary
1999–2002Kristiina OjulandEstonia Estonia
1994–1999Sir Russell-JohnstonUnited Kingdom United Kingdom
1991–1994Daniel TarschysSweden Sweden
1983–1991Bjorn ElmquistDenmark Denmark
1980–1983Manfred VohrerGermany Germany
1974–1980Frederik PortheineNetherlands Netherlands

Liberal Presidents of the Parliamentary Assembly

In officePresidentCountry
2014–2016Anne BrasseurLuxembourg Luxembourg
1999–2002Lord Russell-JohnstonUnited Kingdom United Kingdom
1978–1981Hans J. de KosterNetherlands Netherlands
1969–1972Olivier ReverdinSwitzerland Switzerland
1960–1963Per FederspielDenmark Denmark

Liberal Secretary General of the Council of Europe

Daniel Tarschys (Sweden) was Secretary General of the Council of Europe from 1994 - 1999.

History of the Secretariat

The permanent secretariat of the Group operates since 1978, when Mr Peter Kallenberger was appointed Secretary of the Group. After he retired in 2010, Ms Maria Bigday took up the position of the Secretary.

Activities

Recent reports prepared by the ALDE members

  • Dick Marty
    • Inhuman treatment of people and illicit trafficking in human organs in Kosovo ( Report, Doc. 12462, 25 January 2011)
    • Alleged secret detentions and unlawful inter-state transfers of detainees involving Council of Europe member states (Report, Doc 10957, 12 June 2006)
  • Mailis Reps[8]
    • Strengthening the protection and role of human rights defenders in Council of Europe member States (Report, Doc 13228, 10 June 2013)
    • Corruption as a threat to the rule of law (Report, Doc. 13228,[9] 10 June 2013)

Conferences and side-events

The ALDE-PACE Group regularly holds conferences, hearings, seminars and round tables in the framework of the Council of Europe scope of interest. It also co-organises joint events with other European and international liberal and democratic institutions. Information relating to these side events is found on the ALDE-PACE Pace website and in the ALDE newsletter published after each session.

Partner organisations

The ALDE-PACE holds stable partnership with major European and world liberal and democratic organisations.

  1. Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe Party[10] (ALDE Party)
  2. Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe in the European Parliament[11] (ALDE-EP)
  3. International Federation of Liberal Youth[12] (IFLRY)
  4. Liberal International[13] (LI)
  5. Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe in the European Committee of the Regions (ALDE-CoR)[14]
  6. Independent Liberal and Democratic Group[15] (ILDG), Congress of Local and Regional Authorities of the Council of Europe[16]

References

  1. ↑ http://www.assembly.coe.int/nw/xml/AssemblyList/AL-XML2HTML-EN.asp?lang=en&XmlId=PoliticalGroup-ALDE
  2. ↑ http://www.alde-pace.org/index.php?page=17
  3. ↑ "- Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe -". www.alde-pace.org.
  4. ↑ "ALDE-PACE Rules of Procedure" (PDF).
  5. ↑ "- Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe -". alde-pace.org.
  6. ↑ "- Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe -". www.alde-pace.org.
  7. ↑ Council of Europe: Parliamentary Assembly (6 April 2006). Official report of debates: 2005 ordinary session (third part), 20-24 June 2005, Vol. 3: Sittings 17 to 24, pages 615 to 942. Council of Europe. pp. 621–. ISBN 978-92-871-5803-1. Retrieved 7 August 2013.
  8. ↑ "PACE Member File". www.assembly.coe.int.
  9. ↑ http://www.assembly.coe.int/nw/xml/XRef/X2H-Xref-ViewPDF.asp?FileID=19769&lang=en
  10. ↑ "{title}". Archived from the original on 2014-11-21. Retrieved 2014-06-19.
  11. ↑ Manifest, The. "ALDE - Home". www.alde.eu.
  12. ↑ "IFLRY - International Federation of Liberal Youth". www.iflry.org.
  13. ↑ "Homepage - Liberal International". Liberal International.
  14. ↑ https://alde-cor.eu/about/
  15. ↑ "Who's who of the Council of Europe Congress -". www.coe.int.
  16. ↑ "Congress of Local and Regional Authorities of the Council of Europe - Home". www.coe.int.
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