EU Commission Vice-President for Values and Transparency meets Council of Europe Secretary General

EU Commission Vice-President for Values and Transparency meets Council of Europe Secretary General

On 26 November 2024, Vice-President of the European Commission for Values and Transparency, Věra Jourova, met with the Secretary General of the Council of Europe, Alain Berset.

The Vice-President of the European Commission and the Secretary General of the Council of Europereiterated the commitment to EU-Council of Europe cooperation on common values. Furthermore, they expressed their pride in the EU's accession to the Convention on preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence (Istanbul Convention), the EU's signature of the Framework Convention on Artificial Intelligence and human rights, democracy and the rule of law, and the enormous progress achieved on the EU's accession to the European Convention on Human Rights.