The FINANCIAL — Parliamentarians from Andorra, Norway and Switzerland voted most often in plenary debates of the Council of Europe Parliamentary Assembly (PACE) during 2014, according to statistics made public on March 9.
A “league table” of the voting rates of national delegations, appearing in an annual survey prepared for the Assembly’s Bureau, shows that Andorra’s four-member delegation – two representatives and two substitutes – cast just over 91 per cent of the maximum number of possible votes across the year, the best record for the second consecutive year.
Other national delegations with high voting turnouts included the ten-strong Norwegian delegation (which took part in nearly 87 per cent of all votes), the Swiss delegation with twelve members (over 83 per cent) and Luxembourg’s six-member delegation (just under 83 per cent).
Although voting rates have “considerably improved” overall, the figures showed that 17 national delegations – out of the 47 which make up the Assembly – voted less than a quarter of the time, according to PACE.
The statistics also covered the participation of members of national parliamentary delegations in plenary sessions and committee meetings.
The 318-member Assembly, which brings together parliamentarians from the 47 member states of the Council of Europe, adopted 92 texts during 2014, of which 73 were adopted at plenary sessions. Members also voted on many individual amendments.
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