02/05/2013 President
Strasbourg, 02.05.2013 – The President of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE), Jean-Claude Mignon, will give a speech at the ceremony to be held on 10 May in Girona in tribute to the former President of the Assembly, Lluís Maria de Puig, who died in December 2012. He will be accompanied by the Secretary General of the Assembly, Wojciech Sawicki.
Other speakers will include the Mayor of Girona, and the Chair of the Catalan Council of the European Movement. The ceremony will also be attended by the Chair of the Girona Provincial Council, the territorial delegate of the Government of the Generalitat, the rector of the University of Girona and the Director of the Representation of the European Commission in Barcelona.
Jean-Claude Mignon will also award the plaque of honour to the City of Girona, which is one of the 11 municipalities to have been awarded this distinction in 2013 for their work to promote the European ideal.