Winter Session 2017
The following pre-recorded videos will be available online around two hours after their delivery.
Monday 23 January 2017
Full session
Opening of the session by Josette Durrieux
Progress report of the Bureau and the Standing Committee
- Video part 1 and part 2
Communication from the Committee of Ministers - Ioannis Kasoulides, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Cyprus and Chairperson of the Committee of Ministers
Tuesday 24 January 2017
Full session
Johannes Hahn, European Commissioner for European Neighbourhood Policy and Enlargement Negotiations
Nicos Anastasiades, President of Cyprus
Free debate
Communication from Thorbjørn Jagland, Secretary General of the Council of Europe
Debate: Attacks against journalists and media freedom in Europe
Debate: The humanitarian crisis in Gaza
Wednesday 25 January 2017
Full session
Joint debate: Online media and journalism: challenges and accountability
Klaus Werner Iohannis, President of Romania
Debate: The functioning of democratic institutions in Ukraine
Debate: Reinforcing social dialogue as an instrument for stability and decreasing social and economic inequalities
Thursday 26 January 2017
Full session
Debate: The need to reform European migration policies
Debate: Challenge on procedural grounds of the still unratified credentials of the parliamentary delegation of the Slovak Republic
Debate: The situation in Syria and its effects upon surrounding countries
Debate: The progress of the Assembly’s monitoring procedure and the periodic review of the honouring of obligations by Austria, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France and Germany
Debate: The situation in Lebanon and challenges for regional stability and European security
Friday 27 January 2017
Full session
Joint debate: 1. Human rights compatibility of investor–State arbitration / 2. “New generation” trade agreements
Debate: Promoting the inclusion of Roma and Travellers
Free debate