The interviews of the Council of Europe
Politics
Interview with Annelise Oeschger, President of the Conference of Council of Europe International Non-Governmental Organisations, following her re-election for a further three-year term.( 27.01.2006)
Marianne Tritz, Rapporteur of the Political Affairs Committee (Germany, SOC) criticises political parties’ intelligence services in Kosovo (21.06.2005)
Putin’s "controlled democracy" imperils apportionment of powers in Russia with Rudolf Bindig (Germany, SOC) (21.06.2005)
''There is no better place than the Council of Europe to implement the 'good neighbourhood policy' which the EU plans to introduce'' with René van der Linden, President of the Parliamentary Assembly (04.05.2005)
Gongadze murder: All those responsible must be brought to justice at last with the former German Justice Minister, Sabine Leutheusser-Schnarrenberger, rapporteur of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (1.04.2005)
Time to step up peace efforts following Maskhadov’s assassination says Andreas Gross, Swiss MP (17.03.2005)
Interview with Adam Daniel Rotfeld, Chairman of the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe, Polish Foreign Minister (23.02.2005)
Interview with Hervé Ladsous, spokesperson of Michel Barnier, Minister of foreign affairs of France (15.02.2005)
No longer Europe's losers with Rudko Kawczynski, the President of the European Roma and Travellers Forum (16.12.2004)
Stéphane Courtois (principal author of ''The Black Book of Communism'' (1997)) describes the Parliamentary Assembly hearing on the crimes of communism as a highly important initiative (14.12.2004)
“Avoiding a new divide in Europe” with Wlodzimierz Cimoszewicz, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Poland (12.11.2004)
“E-voting can increase participation in elections, especially among young people” with Elio García Calleja, one of the participants in the e-voting referendum on the school charta (15.10.2004)
‘Anything that affects Europe is also of interest to Africa’ says Gertrude Mongella, , first President of the Pan-African Parliament ( 04.10.2004)
The Third Summit, an opportunity to focus anew on Council of Europe activities with Atzo Nicolaï, Netherlands Minister for European Affairs (15.09.2004)
Appeal for peace in Chechnya despite escalating violence with Andreas Gross, Swiss MP (03.09.2004)
Peace and democracy in Chechnya have still to be forged with Pascal Mangin member of the Congress of Local and Regional Authorities of the Council of Europe (01.09.2004)
Defining “Political prisoner” with Stefan Trechsel law professor and former member of the European Commission of Human Rights (13.07.2004)
"Electronic voting increases ‘turnout’" by Robert Hensler, Chancellor of the Canton of Geneva and responsible for the electronic voting project (02.07.2004)
Europapark youth camp on conflict resolution: interview of 4 young people (02.07.2004)
Monaco reaches agreement with France as it prepares to join Council of Europe with Jean-Charles Gardetto, Head of the monegasque delegation (22.06.2004)
Turkey has made huge progress with reforms with Mady Delvaux-Stehres, The Luxembourg Social Democrat (SOC) (22.06.2004)
Assembly rapporteurs on Chechnya: Victims´ fates must be cleared up and the guilty punished with Rudolf Bindig (Germany, SOC) and Andreas Gross (Switzerland, SOC), Parliamentary Assembly’s rapporteurs on Chechnya ( 05.06.2004)
States should do more to develop electronic democracy with Alexander Trechsel, Swiss political scientist (18.05.2004)
Giving children the vote – one way of stimulating democratic participation with Philippe Schmitter, Professor of Political Science at the European University Institute in Florence (10.05.2004)
There is no real opposition in Russia any longer with Rudolf Bindig, Member of the German Parliament (11.03.2004)
Annelise Oeschger: "No two-speed Europe, no fortress Europe" with Annelise Oeschger, Chair of the international NGO liaison committee (28.01.2004)
Interview with Jane Morrice, former Deputy Speaker of the Northern Ireland Assembly and founding member of the Northern Ireland Women’s Coalition (27.01.2004)
Helping Strasbourg to fulfil its European role with Bernard Schreiner, French MP (20.01.2004)
''Cyprus reunification agreement still possible before 1 May'' with Matyas Eörsi, Hungarian Liberal Deputy (16.01.2004)
Interview with Kjell Torbiörn, Head of the Secretariat of the Parliamentary Assembly’s Committee on Economic Affairs and Development and author of “DESTINATION EUROPE: the political and economic growth of a continent” (Manchester University Press, 2003) (13.12.2003)
Youth involvement is different, not decreased with Pippa Norris, Havard professor (28.11.2003)
New participatory status for international NGOs a world first with Daniel Zielinski, Chair of the Council's NGO Liaison Committee ( 19.11.2003)
Building bridges with standards with Dutch Foreign Minister Jaap de Hoop Scheffer (13.11.2003)
“Der Traum Europa” (The European dream) with Walter Schwimmer, Council of Europe Secretary General on the occasion of the presentation of his book “The Dream of Europe” at the Vienna Parliament, Austria (07.11.2003)
“The Dream of Europe” with Walter Schwimmer, Council of Europe Secretary General at the Frankfurt Book Fair (10.10.2003)
“Europe cannot afford competition or duplication” with Heikki Talvitie, EU Special Representative for the South Caucasus and the Rapporteur on the conflict dealt with by the OSCE Minsk Conference (Nagorno-Karabakh) (08.10.2003)
Ukraine has not yet honoured all of its commitments with Hanne Severinsen, co-author of the report on Ukraine’s obligations and commitments (29.09.2003)
“Der Traum Europa” with Walter Schwimmer, Council of Europe Secretary General on the occasion of the presentation of his book in Moscow (02.09.2003)
A Council of Europe Convention to help settle conflicts with Andreas Gross, Rapporteur of the Committee on Political Affairs (24.06.2003)
"Differences between Europe and the USA are growing " with Georg Nolte, Professor of Public and International Law (19.05.2003)
"The Venice Commission is willing to help to build a democratic Iraq" with Antonio La Pergola, President of the Venice Commission (30.04.2003)
“Germany to maintain its financial input to the Council of Europe” with Rudolf Bindig, Vice-President of the Assembly and a member of the legal affairs and monitoring committees (28.04.2003)
Interview with Terry Davis, Political Affairs Committee's rapporteur on the conflict dealt with by the OSCE Minsk Conference (23.04.2003)
An important role for young people with Marianne Heiberg, a researcher at the Norwegian Institute for International Affairs (03.04.2003)
The Council of Europe can be of considerable benefit to the European Union with Théodoros Pangalos, Rapporteur of the Political Affairs Committee (30.01.2003)
“The Council of Europe will do everything possible to guide the military conflict towards a political process!” with Rudolf Bindig, Rapporteur of the Committee on Legal Affairs and Human Rights (27.01.2003)
Major worries about growing tensions in the Caucasus with Christa Lörcher, Parliamentary Assembly Rapporteur for Georgie (05.11.2002)
The situation in Iraq, Guillermo Martinez Casan, Rapporteur of the Political Affairs Committee (26.09.2002)
"Growing repression in Belarus – Lukashenko under fire", Wolfgang Behrendt, the Council of Europe Parliamentary Assembly’s Rapporteur on Belarus (25.09.2002)
"Military intervention in the Pankisi Gorge unacceptable ", Christa Lörcher, Parliamentary Assembly rapporteur on Georgia (25.09.2002)
"Helping Kaliningrad will benefit the whole region", Lara Margret Ragnarsdottir,Parliamentary Assembly Rapporteur (25.09.2002)
"Kaliningrad is a humanitarian problem", Dimitri Rogozin, Head of the Russian parliamentary delegation (25.09.2002)
"The Parliamentary Assembly and the European Parliament must step up their co-operation" with René van der Linden (Netherlands), Rapporteur of the Political Affairs Committee (26.06.2002)
"Council of Europe Parliamentary Assembly condemns massive violations of democratic and rule-of-law principles", Wolfgang Behrendt, German parliamentarian (SPD) (24.06.2002)
