Anne Brasseur – ALDE’s candidate for the next PACE chairmanship!
The ALDE party, Press Release, 14/10/2013
In compliance with the political groups’ rotation agreement, ALDE in the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe has submitted the nomination of Anne Brasseur as candidate for the next Parliamentary Assembly Chairmanship in 2014-2015. This nomination received unreserved backing within the liberal family and was officially endorsed – among many others – by the outgoing president of the Assembly Mr Jean-Claude Mignon (France, EPP/CD), Mr Andreas Gross (Switzerland, head of the Socialist Group), Mr Pedro Agramunt (Spain, head of the EPP/CD), Mr Tiny Kox (the Netherlands, head of the UEL) as well as by chairs of PACE committees.
The rotation agreement was concluded between the five political groups of the Parliamentary Assembly (SOC, EPP/CD, EDG, ALDE and UEL) in 2008. The groups agreed on a system of rotation of the presidency in order to guarantee balance between the different political families while taking into account their respective sizes. According to the agreement, ALDE’s presidency should be ending the first rotation cycle. The president of the Assembly is elected for one year (renewable once).
Posted: October 17th, 2013 under YABLOKO and the International Liberal Family.