Speaking to a Conference of Chairpersons of Committees of Foreign Affairs of National Parliaments in Sofia today, the PACE president has called for “unity in the face of the many challenges we are confronted with”.
“The process of reconciliation and pan-European unification started in 1989, but cracks have appeared in the last few years,” he said.
The PACE president noted that international terrorism, the refugee crisis, the wave of left and right-wing populism, rising nationalism and the erosion of democratic principles and human rights – all these challenges and threats interact, fuelling and exacerbating each other.
“Our strength is our unity around our values and it is very symbolic that the Bulgarian Chairmanship of the Committee of Ministers has chosen this idea as a motto for its activities,” he concluded.
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