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European Parliament will most likely not discuss Serbian elections next week
BRUSSELS - The European Parliament will most likely not discuss the recent Serbian elections at next week's plenary session in Strasbourg after political groups have failed to reach a consensus on the matter, Tanjug learns.
However, there is a small likelihood of the issue being put on the session's agenda on Monday, Tanjug's sources said.
One request in the Council of Europe did not go through
As Elvira Kova, a member of the delegation of the Serbian Assembly to the Council of Europe and vice-president of the Parliamentary Assembly of the CoE, said, at yesterday's session of the PSSE Bureau, it was decided to create only information about Albania's initiative.
Rapporteur to be appointed for Georgoulis waiver
A rapporteur will be appointed on May 8 to request the waiving of the immunity of SYRIZA MEP Alexis Georgoulis, who has been accused of rape and sexual abuse.
According to Skai TV's Brussels correspondent, Georgoulis' lawyers have yet to receive the case file because this can only be done after his immunity is lifted.
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Serbia on the agenda under the label "urgent"
439 amendments were submitted to the draft report presented by the European Parliament's Rapporteur for Serbia, Vladimr Bilk, in April, and the parliamentary groups adopted 40 compromise amendments, which expanded the text of the report.
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EU rapporteur urges restoration of trust with Turkey
Turkey is "very important" to the European Union and trust must be rebuilt between the two sides, said the EU Parliament's new Turkey rapporteur.
EU Parliament appoints new Turkey rapporteur
Nacho Sanchez Amor has been appointed as the new rapporteur on Turkey, the European Parliament said on Oct. 8.
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Turkey slams 'scandal' after UN experts on mission to probe Khashoggi murder denied entry to Saudi consulate
A United Nations delegation including the special rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary killings was denied entry to the Saudi consulate in Istanbul's Levent neighborhood on Jan. 29.
Sexual harassment in 47 parliaments under focus in new PACE-IPU joint research
The Interparliamentary Union (IPU) and Parliamentary Assembly of Council of Europe (PACE) will launch a regional report on sexism, harassment and violence against women lawmakers and personnel within European parliaments in January 2018, PACE General Rapporteur on violence against women Gülsün Bilgehan has stated.
PACE to discuss degrading Turkey's status to monitoring
The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) is scheduled to meet next week to discuss whether to degrade Turkey's status and reopen a monitoring process against the country in response to the authoritarian slide in the country.
FM Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu has been lobbying PACE, which he once chaired in 2010, not to relegate Turkey.
EP rapporteur's draft resolution due in early January
The European Parliament rapporteur for Serbia David McAllister will present a draft resolution on Serbia's progress in Brussels in early January.
Tanjug reported this on Friday, citing its correspondent.