01/09/2025 (Agence Europe) – Alain Berset, Secretary General of the Council of Europe, has had to cancel his participation in the Bled Strategic Forum in Slovenia on 1 and 2 September, following his hospitalisation in Strasbourg on Friday 29 and Saturday 30 August. He had announced this trip and specified the content of his speech on 28 August (see EUROPE 13698/14). Alain Berset will remain under observation for a few days, but, according to the Council of Europe’s communication, “his condition is not a cause for concern”. (VL)