{"id":1521,"date":"2014-02-04T13:22:27","date_gmt":"2014-02-04T11:22:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.europewatchdog.info\/?page_id=1521"},"modified":"2014-11-11T11:49:46","modified_gmt":"2014-11-11T10:49:46","slug":"permanent-representation","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.europewatchdog.info\/en\/council-of-europe-and-switzerland\/permanent-representation\/","title":{"rendered":"Swiss Permanent Representation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>The Permanent Representation of Switzerland to the Council of Europe <\/b><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.europewatchdog.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/RP.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright  wp-image-1105\" style=\"border: 1px solid black; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\" title=\"Repr\u00e9sentation Permanente de la Suisse Aupr\u00e8s du Conseil de l'Europe\" alt=\"Repr\u00e9sentation Permanente de la Suisse Aupr\u00e8s du Conseil de l'Europe\" src=\"http:\/\/www.europewatchdog.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/RP.jpg\" width=\"250\" height=\"188\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.europewatchdog.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/RP.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.europewatchdog.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/RP-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.europewatchdog.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/RP-560x420.jpg 560w, https:\/\/www.europewatchdog.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/RP-260x195.jpg 260w, https:\/\/www.europewatchdog.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/RP-160x120.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/><\/a>Both, the <em>Permanent Representation of Switzerland to the Council of Europe<\/em> and the <em>Consulate General of Switzerland<\/em> are located since 2005 on the Rue Herder in Strassburg.<\/p>\n<p>The two units are on separate floors and have different responsibilities:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The <strong><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.europewatchdog.info\/en\/structure\/committee-of-ministers\/permanent-representations\/\" title=\"Permanent Representations\">Permanent Representation<\/a><\/em><\/strong> of Switzerland to the Council of Europe is a political <strong><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.europewatchdog.info\/en\/structure\/committee-of-ministers\/\" title=\"Committee of Ministers\">body<\/a><\/em><\/strong>, headed by an <strong><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.europewatchdog.info\/en\/structure\/committee-of-ministers\/diplomats\/\" title=\"Diplomats\">ambassador<\/a><\/em><\/strong>, and acts as a link between the Swiss government and the <strong><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.europewatchdog.info\/en\/council-of-europe\/\" title=\"Council of Europe\">Council of Europe<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>The Consulate General is headed by a consul general. It takes care of the Swiss citizens in France, handles visa applications, organises (inter-)cultural events and maintains regular contact with the authorities of its host country as well as with its population.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 80%; text-align: left;\"><br \/>\n_<br \/>\nPhoto \u00a9 St\u00e9fanie Trautweiler<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Permanent Representation of Switzerland to the Council of Europe Both, the Permanent Representation of Switzerland to the Council of Europe and the Consulate General of Switzerland are located since 2005 on the Rue Herder in Strassburg. The two units are on separate floors and have different responsibilities: The Permanent Representation of Switzerland to the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":1473,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1521","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europewatchdog.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1521","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europewatchdog.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europewatchdog.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europewatchdog.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europewatchdog.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1521"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europewatchdog.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1521\/revisions"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europewatchdog.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1473"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europewatchdog.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1521"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}