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Progress report | Doc. 13608 Addendum 1 | 29 September 2014

Activities of the Assembly’s Bureau and Standing Committee (29 September 2014)

Rapporteur : Mr Tiny KOX, Netherlands, UEL

1. Decisions of the Bureau of 29 September 2014 requiring ratification by the Assembly

1.1. Election observations

1.1.1. Bulgaria: early parliamentary elections (5 October 2014)

The Bureau approved the final composition of the ad hoc committee (Appendix 1).

1.1.2. Ukraine: early parliamentary elections (26 October 2014)

The Bureau approved the composition of the ad hoc committee and appointed Mr Christopher Chope (United Kingdom, EDG) as Chairperson of the ad hoc committee (Appendix 2).

1.1.3. Tunisia: parliamentary elections (26 October 2014) and presidential election (23 November 2014)

The Bureau approved the composition of the ad hoc committees and appointed respectively Mr Andreas Gross (Switzerland, SOC) and Mr Jean-Marie Bockel (France, EPP/CD) as Chairpersons of these committees (Appendices 3 and 4).

2. Other decisions of the Bureau

2.1. Fourth part-session of 2014 (29 September – 3 October)

2.1.1. Request for a current affairs debate

Further to its decision of 2 September, the Bureau decided to propose to the Assembly to hold a current affairs debate on The crisis in Ukraine on Wednesday 1st October, in the afternoon, and designate Mr Stefan Schennach (Austria, SOC) as the introductory speaker.

2.1.2. Request for a debate urgent procedure

The Bureau decided to recommend to the Assembly to hold a debate under urgent procedure on Threats posed by the “Islamic State” (IS) and violence against humanity on Thursday 2 October, morning, and referred the matter to the Committee on Political Affairs and Democracy, for report.

2.1.3. Draft agenda

The Bureau updated the draft agenda.

2.2. Election observations

2.2.1. Turkey: presidential election (10 August 2014)

The Bureau approved the final report of the ad hoc committee.

2.2.2. Bulgaria: early parliamentary elections (5 October 2014)

The Bureau took note of the press release of the pre-electoral delegation

2.2.3. Bosnia and Herzegovina: general elections (12 October 2014)

The Bureau took note of the press release of the ad hoc committee.

Appendix 1 – Ad hoc committee for the observation of the early parliamentary elections in Bulgaria (5 October 2014)

(open)

List of members

  • Doris FIALA (ALDE, Switzerland), Head of the delegation

Socialist Group (SOC)

  • Andreas GROSS, Switzerland
  • Fatma PEHLIVAN, Belgium

Group of the European People’s Party (EPP/CD)

  • Jean-Marie BOCKEL, France
  • Elena CENTEMERO, Italy
  • Thomas FEIST, Germany
  • Aleksandar NIKOLOSKI, “The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia”

European Democrat Group (EDG)

  • Ganira PASHAYEVA, Azerbaijan
  • Lukasz ZBONIKOWSKI, Poland

Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe (ALDE)

  • Tudor-Alexandru CHIUARIU, Romania
  • Doris FIALA*, Switzerland
  • Luis Alberto ORELLANA, Italy
  • Andrea RIGONI, Italy

Group of the Unified European Left (UEL)

  • Olga-Nantia VALAVANI*, Greece

Venice Commission

  • Oliver KASK, Estonia

Secretariat

  • Ivi-Triin ODRATS, Administrator, Secretary to the ad hoc committee
  • Daniele GASTL, Assistant, Interparliamentary co-operation and election observation
  • Anne GODFREY, Assistant, Interparliamentary co-operation and election observation
  • Gaël MARTIN-MICALLEF, Administrator, Secretariat of the Venice Commission

* members of the pre-election delegation

Appendix 2 – Ad hoc committee for the observation of the early parliamentary elections in Ukraine (26 October 2014)

(open)

List of members

  • Christopher CHOPE (EDG, United Kingdom), Head of the delegation

Socialist Group (SOC)

  • Arcadio DIAZ TEJERA*, Spain
  • Kostas TRIANTAFYLLOS, Greece
  • Tadeusz IWINSKI, Poland
  • Alexander SAKOVSKY, Latvia
  • Birute VESAITE, Lithuania
  • Fatma PEHLIVAN, Belgium
  • Deniz BAYKAL, Turkey
  • Stefan SCHENNACH, Austria
  • Annalore BAERBOCK, Germany

Group of the European People’s Party (EPP/CD)

  • Lolita ČIGĀNE, Latvia
  • Şaban DİŞLİ*, Turkey
  • José Ignacio PALACIOS, Spain
  • François ROCHEBLOINE, France 
  • Tobias ZECH, Germany
  • Emanuelis ZINGERIS, Lithuania

Substitutes

  • Pedro AGRAMUNT, Spain
  • José Maria BENEYTO, Spain
  • Arpine HOVHANNISYAN, Armenia
  • Jacques LEGENDRE, France
  • Zsolt NÉMETH, Hungary

European Democrat Group (EDG)

  • Christopher CHOPE*, United Kingdom
  • Sir Roger GALE, United Kingdom
  • Ingebjørg GODSKESEN, Norway
  • …

Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe (ALDE)

  • Marieluise BECK, Germany
  • Karl GARDASSON*, Iceland
  • Alfred HEER, Switzerland
  • Jordi XUCLÀ, Spain
  • Kristyna ZELIENKOVÀ, Czech Republic
  • …

Substitutes

  • Ms Liv HOLM ANDERSEN, Denmark (subject to her appointment as PACE member)

Group of the Unified European Left (UEL)

  • Andrej HUNKO*, Germany
  • Nikolaj VILLUMSEN, Denmark

Co-rapporteurs (ex officio)

  • Marietta de POURBAIX-LUNDIN*, Sweden
  • Mailis REPS*, Estonia

Venice Commission

  • …

Secretariat

  • Chemavon CHAHBAZIAN, Head of Secretariat a.i., Interparliamentary co-operation and election observation
  • Daniele GASTL, Assistant, Interparliamentary cooperation and election observation
  • Véronique FREUND, Assistant, PACE Secretariat
  • Amaya UBEDA DE TORRES, Administrator, Venice Commission

* members of the pre-electoral delegation

Appendix 3 – Ad hoc committee for the observation of the parliamentary elections in Tunisia (26 October 2014)

(open)

List of members

  • Andreas GROSS (Switzerland, SOC), Head of the delegation

Socialist Group (SOC)

  • Andreas GROSS, Switzerland
  • Carina HÄGG, Sweden
  • Ingrid ANTIČEVIĆ-MARINOVIĆ, Croatia

Substitutes

  • Josette DURRIEU, France
  • Robert BIENDRON, Poland
  • Denis BAYKAL, Turkey
  • Fatma PEHLIVAN, Belgium

Group of the European People’s Party (EPP/CD)

  • Elena CENTEMERO, Italy

European Democrat Group (EDG)

  • Robert WALTER, United Kingdom
  • Reha DENEMEÇ, Turkey

Substitutes

  • Mehmet TEKELIOĞLU, Turkey
  • Ganira PASHAYEVA, Azerbaijan

Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe (ALDE)

  • André BUGNON, Switzerland
  • Adele GAMBARO, Italy

Group of the Unified European Left (UEL)

  • Trine Pertou MARCH, Denmark

Venice Commission

  • …

Secretariat

  • Mr Bogdan TORCĂTORIU, Administrative Officer, Interparliamentary co-operation and election observation
  • Franck DAESCHLER, Principal Administrative Assistant, Interparliamentary co-operation and election observation

Appendix 4 – Ad hoc committee for the observation of the presidential election in Tunisia (23 November 2014)

(open)

List of members

  • Jean-Marie BOCKEL (France, EPP/CD), Head of the delegation

Socialist Group (SOC)

  • Josette DURRIEU*, France
  • Birute VESAITE, Lithuania
  • Maria GIANNAKAKI, Greece

Substitutes

  • René ROUQUET, France
  • Robert BIENDRON, Poland
  • Carina HÄGG, Sweden
  • Denis BAYKAL, Turkey
  • Fatma PEHLIVAN, Belgium

Group of the European People’s Party (EPP/CD)

  • Jean-Marie BOCKEL*, France
  • Jan KAŹMIERCZAK, Poland

Substitutes

  • José Maria BENEYTO, Spain
  • Foteini PIPILLI, Greece
  • Yves POZZO di BORGO, France
  • François ROCHEBLOINE, France
  • Konstantinos TZAVARAS, Greece

European Democrat Group (EDG)

  • ...

Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe (ALDE)

  • Luis Alberto ORELLANA*, Italy

Substitute

  • Adele GAMBARO, Italy

Group of the Unified European Left (UEL)

  • Trine Pertou MARCH*, Denmark

Venice Commission

  • …

Secretariat

  • Mr Bogdan TORCĂTORIU, Administrative Officer, Interparliamentary co-operation and election observation
  • Franck DAESCHLER, Principal Administrative Assistant, Interparliamentary Co-operation and election observation

* members of the pre-electoral delegation