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The Congress of Local and Regional Authorities met Mayor of Istanbul Ekrem İmamoğlu yesterday in prison. Read more here👇

The Congress of Local and Regional Authorities proud to do its part in support of Ekrem İmamoğlu !

Find herewith the Congress of Local and Regional Authorities co-rapporteurs on Türkiye 🇹🇷 statement following the PKK announcement to disband.

The 3rd Council of Europe Human Rights Day took place in Tampere🇫🇮 Mathieu Mori shared Congress of Local and Regional Authorities highlights before meeting students from Tampere University. Prof. Dr. Antoine Buyse explored the role of civil society and panelists talked about human rights in day to day life.

Delighted to take part in the Council of Europe Human Rights Day in Tampere 🇫🇮🇪🇺 Great opportunity to meet politicians, students, NGOs and exchange with those who build the democracy of today and tomorrow. What energy and commitment ! Thank you for our lively and inspiring exchanges 🙏🤝

Good discussions today with Mathieu Mori. Important topics, e.g. local democracy and the wellbeing services county reform. Thank you for visiting Finland!

Finland 🇫🇮 Day 2 In Helsinki were we exchanged on the recent local elections observed by the #CoECongress 🗳️, the leading role of Finland on #preparedness of cities in times of war 🚨and #hybridthreats such as election #interference and the cooperation with cities of #Ukraine🇺🇦

The Council of Europe Human Rights Day 📆give visibility to the work undertaken by our 46 Member States, their citizens, parliaments, cities and regions, our ECHR CEDH, civil society working tirelessly at defending our rights and values👩‍⚖️🕊️ 🙏 Finland for hosting this year’s edition 🇫🇮🇪🇺

Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, the #ECHR is a cornerstone of the European legal order, adopted 75 years ago by @CoE in Rome, the cradle of European law. Let’s meet in Rome or Strasbourg (Argentoratum) to discuss the questions you’ve raised. Full statement:coe.int/en/web/portal/…

Pleased to host Marc Cools,Congress of Local and Regional Authorities President. Frank talks on local self-gov. reforms in 🇦🇲under CoE Charter of Local Self-Gov. Appreciated Congress support in adoption of resolutions to boost local self-gov. capacities of enlarged communities & infrastructural development.

🙏 Vice-Minister Mojca Ramšak Pešec 🇸🇮 for a constructive discussion on #goodgovernance, #democraticsecurity and #localdemocracy. Our cooperation is strong : ➡️ monitoring report of #Slovenia to come 📚 ➡️ Congress to observe the 2026 elections 🗳️ ➡️ #ELoGE in the future? 🤝🇪🇺

President Cools Marc gave the following statement on the recent events in Türkiye 👇 #Turkiye Council of Europe

📽️ See video: Congress of Local and Regional Authorities President Cools Marc at the Yerevan Dialogue during his official visit to Armenia on 26-27 May. 🇦🇲 Read more ➡️ : go.coe.int/NXy11 #LocalGovernance #democracy #yerevandialogue Council of Europe Armenia in Council of Europe 🇦🇲

#Ukraine - Day 1 🇺🇦🇪🇺 12 municipalities supported by Congress of Local and Regional Authorities told us their great work on : ➡️ rehabilitation of veterans ➡️ support to IDPs ➡️ involvement of youth ➡️ citizens assemblies in times of war Despite war, the most important remains: the Ukrainian spirit & values

Congress mission to #Ukraine - Day 2🇺🇦🇪🇺 Day 2 was dedicated to site visits outside Kyiv. We discovered the work done by the city of #Ziavhel to promote participatory democracy with the support of the Congress of Local and Regional Authorities Another example of democratic resilience by Ukrainian cities!

In Le Monde, I warned against politicising the European Court of Human Rights — a cornerstone of global European public order. If some governments have political issues with the Court’s case-law, then they should deal with them at political level.  lemonde.fr/international/…

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy / Володимир Зеленський awarded in #Kyiv the Golden Heart Award🏅to the Pdt of the Congress of Local and Regional Authorities Cools Marc and to the co-rapporteur on the recovery, Véronique Bertholle🇺🇦🇪🇺 Pdt Zelenskyy and Pdt Cools also opened the 3rd International Summit of Cities and Regions in Kyiv.

Congress President Cools Marc : “Heartbreaking news from #Graz , #Austria: at least ten students have lost their live and many more have been injured in a tragic school shooting. My thoughts are with the victims and their families in these difficult times.” Austrian PR at CoE

These last days the intensity of attacks over #Ukraine has increased 🇺🇦🇪🇺 All the more important to show the constant support of the Congress of Local and Regional Authorities by meeting city leaders and launching the 3rd Summit of cities and regions together with Volodymyr Zelenskyy / Володимир Зеленський . 🏙️ See more here👇🎥

The Congress of Local and Regional Authorities held a debate on #women in politics on the margins of its bureau meeting in #Malta With increasing violence against women mayors, the Congress prepares its strategy to tackle the issue and encourage women leadership in our cities! 🏙️💪