Tamar Chugoshvili elected Vice-chair of Socialist Group in PACE

First Deputy-Chairperson of the Georgian Parliament Tamar Chugoshvili has been elected vice chair of the Socialist Group of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe for the second time.

The Socialist Group is the second largest in the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe and consists of more than 180 deputies from different European countries. I often discuss Georgia’s role in EU and Georgia-European relationship. Our delegation does everything to highlight the country’s position and interests during the plenary sessions”, stated Chugoshvili.

Chugoshvili was elected as the Vice-Chairperson of the group in January 2017 for the first time.

The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe is a pan-European forum of debate, where heated political and social subjects are discussed.

Within the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, members organise themselves in five political groups:

• the Group of the European People’s Party (EPP/CD), with 193 members
• the Socialist Group (SOC), with 192 members
• the European Conservatives Group (EC), with 81 members
• the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe (ALDE), with 81 members
• the Group of the Unified European Left (UEL), with 31 members

PACE holds its meetings four times a year for a week-long plenary session.