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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 11476

27 January 2016
Contents Publication in full By article 22 / 30
COUNCIL OF EUROPE / (ae) jha
New PACE president highlights terrorism, refugees, security and populism as four major European challenges

Strasbourg, 26/01/2016 (Agence Europe) - Pedro Agramunt (European People's Party) from Spain was the only candidate for the post of President of the Parliamentary Assembly to the Council of Europe (PACE) and was subsequently elected on Monday 25 January, during the opening session of 2016. He therefore takes over from the Luxembourg liberal, Anne Brasseur, who has occupied this post since January 2014.

During his inaugural speech Agramunt said “Our world is not necessarily more dangerous...

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