member_of_political_party luigi cocilovo
Founded in 1955 , the NATO Parliamentary Assembly ( NATO PA ) serves as the consultative interparliamentary organisation for the North Atlantic ___MASK58___ . Its current President is Mike Turner from the United States . Its current Secretary General is David Hobbs from the United Kingdom , he has been in this position since January 2008 The European Parliament ( EP ) is the directly elected parliamentary institution of the European ___MASK15___ ( EU ). Together with the Council of the European ___MASK15___ ( the Council ) and the European Commission , it exercises the legislative function of the EU . The Parliament is composed of 751 ( previously 766 ) members , who represent the second largest democratic electorate in the world ( after the Parliament of India ) and the largest trans - national democratic electorate in the world ( 375 million eligible voters in 2009 ). The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe ( PACE ) is the parliamentary arm of the Council of Europe , an international organisation dedicated to upholding human rights , democracy and the rule of law . The 47 - nation Council of Europe is an older and wider circle of nations than the 28 - member European ___MASK15___ - it includes , for example , Russia and Turkey among its member states - and oversees the European Court of Human Rights . Luigi Cocilovo ( born 7 October 1947 , in Palermo ) is an Italian Member of the European Parliament and a University researcher in Law . He was elected on the Olive Tree ticket and sits with the ___MASK58___ of ___MASK2___ and ___MASK19___ for Europe group . On 20 July 2004 he was elected one of the 14 Vice - Presidents of the European Parliament . The European ___MASK62___ ( EDP ) is a centrist European political party in favour of European integration . It was initiated on 16 April 2004 and formally founded on 9 December 2004 in Brussels . François Bayrou of the French Democratic Movement ( MoDem ) and Francesco Rutelli , former leader of the Democracy is Freedom and Alliance for Italy parties , serve as the two co - presidents . The ___MASK58___ of ___MASK2___ and ___MASK19___ for Europe ( ALDE ADLE ) is a transnational alliance between two European political parties , the ___MASK58___ of ___MASK2___ and ___MASK19___ for Europe Party ( formerly known as the European Liberal Democrat and Reform Party ) and the European ___MASK62___ . It has political groups in the European Parliament , the EU Committee of the Regions , the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe and the NATO Parliamentary Assembly . There are assorted independents in these groups . The ___MASK58___ of ___MASK2___ and ___MASK19___ for Europe Party ( ALDE Party ) is a European political party mainly active in the European Union , composed of 60 national - level liberal parties from across Europe . Until 10 November 2012 , the party was known as European Liberal Democrat and Reform Party ( ELDR ). The ALDE Party is affiliated with the Liberal International .