President Elbegdorj Visits European Parliament
On June 9, 2015, President of Mongolia Tsakhiagiin Elbegdorj has arrived in Strasbourg, France, for an official visit to the European Parliament.
President Elbegdorj was welcomed by the President of the European Parliament Mr. Martin Schulz. At the welcoming, from the European Parliament, the Secretary General Klaus Welle, Deputy Secretary-General Francesca R. Ratti, Head of the Office 0f the President Markus Winkler, Deputy Head of the Office of the President Armin Mahmer, Adviser to the President Walter Masur, Adviser to the President Arnoldas Pranckevicius, and from Mongolian side Minister of Foreign Affairs L.Purevsuren, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Mongolia to the European Union Kh.Davaadorj were present.
The European Parliament, one of the biggest democratic assemblies in the world, comprises at present 766 MEPs representing more than 505 million people spread across 28 Member States. The Parliament, like the other institutions, was not designed in its current form when it first met on 10 September 1952. One of the oldest common institutions, it began as the Common Assembly of the European Coal and Steel Community /ECSC/. The ECSC was formally established by the Treaty of Paris /1951/, which was signed by Belgium, France, West Germany,Italy, the Netherlands and Luxembourg. It was a consultative assembly of 78 appointed parliamentarians drawn from the national parliaments of member states, having no legislative powers.