08/11/2013 | President
PACE President Jean-Claude Mignon will make a working visit to the Russian Federation on 12-14 November 2013. He is due to meet the Speaker of the State Duma and the President of the Federation Council.
05/11/2013 | President
Jean-Claude Mignon will make an official visit to Portugal on 7-8 November 2013, during which he is due to meet the President of the Assembly of the Republic, the Minister of Justice and the Secretary of State for Portuguese Communities.
30/10/2013 | President
Jean-Claude Mignon today expressed his satisfaction at the co-signature of a joint declaration with Congress President Herwig van Staa on the occasion of the plenary session of the Congress.
23/10/2013 | President
Jean-Claude Mignon said he was deeply shocked by the terrorist attack against a bus on Monday in Volgograd, which killed six people and wounded many others.
21/10/2013 | President
Are Europe’s core values under threat from the economic crisis? This is one of the topics that will be discussed at a conference being held by the Robert Schuman Foundation under the auspices of PACE President Jean-Claude Mignon.
15/10/2013 | President
Ending a visit to Iceland, Jean-Claude Mignon praised the country’s commitment to the values of the '47'. “The co-operation with the Venice Commission is a very good example of how the Organisation’s expertise is being used.”
13/10/2013 | President
At the end of an official visit to Montenegro, PACE President has praised the Montenegrin authorities for their exemplary co-operation with the Council of Europe which can "help the country's progress on the path of European integration".
11/10/2013 | President
Parliamentary Assembly President Jean-Claude Mignon is to make official visits to Montenegro (12-13 October 2013) and Iceland (14-15 October).
11/10/2013 | President
Jean-Claude Mignon has expressed his great sadness following the death of Peter Schieder, who was President of the Assembly from 2002 to 2005. “A citizen who believed passionately in the European project is no longer with us…”
11/10/2013 | President
At the end of an official visit to Italy, Jean-Claude Mignon praised efforts to save the lives of migrants and refugees in distress at sea, and in particular the exceptional and tireless work of the coastguards.
10/10/2013 | President
"The number of executions remains high in the United States and has even increased in Japan in 2012 whilst, at global level, more and more states are in the process of abolishing the death penalty”, PACE President said.
09/10/2013 | President
PACE President will make an official visit during which he will meet the Speaker of the Senate and the Vice-President of the Council of Ministers, among others, as well as having an audience with the Pope.