Question 2954 — European Union

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Mrs. Aude Luquet draws the attention of the Minister, to the Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs, responsible for European affairs, to the Council of Europe treaties not signed or not ratified by France. France has the honor of hosting in Strasbourg the headquarters of the Council of Europe, most often known to our fellow citizens thanks to the European Court of Human Rights and the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights. and fundamental freedoms. The President of the Republic recently visited the headquarters of the Council of Europe to reaffirm France's positions. In May 2019, the 70th anniversary of the creation of the Council of Europe will be celebrated. This anniversary date coincides with the start of France's biannual presidency of the Council of Ministers. The President of the Republic, speaking of the European Union, affirmed to several times that France should be exemplary. It should be added that France must also be exemplary at the level of the Council of Europe. However, it turns out that France has not ratified or even signed any Council of Europe treaties: it has not signed, for example, the convention on personal relations concerning children or the Council of Europe framework convention on the value of cultural heritage for society; she doesn't have ratified for example the European Convention for the Protection of Slaughter Animals or the European Convention on Nationality without forgetting the question of the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. Also, in view of the presidency of the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe and with the stated desire for France to be exemplary, she asks what actions the Government plans to take. put in place regarding unsigned or unratified Council of Europe treaties. She asks him if an inventory could be carried out with a view to a road map.

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