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Twelve Plus Group
Members
B
C
- Canada (CA)
- Croatia (HR)
- Cyprus (CY)
- Czech Republic (CZ)
D
- Denmark (DK)
E
- Estonia (EE)
H
- Hungary (HU)
L
- Latvia (LV)
- Liechtenstein (LI)
- Lithuania (LT)
- Luxembourg (LU)
M
- Malta (MT)
- Monaco (MC)
- Montenegro (ME)
N
- Netherlands (NL)
- New Zealand (NZ)
- North Macedonia (MK)
- Norway (NO)
R
- Romania (RO)
S
- San Marino (SM)
- Serbia (RS)
- Slovakia (SK)
- Slovenia (SI)
- Spain (ES)
- Sweden (SE)
- Switzerland (CH)
T
- Türkiye (TR)
U
- Ukraine (UA)
- United Kingdom (GB)
Twelve Plus group
Observers : Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, European Parliament
Contact
Chair: Mr. Andries Gryffroy (Belgium)
E-mail: [email protected]
Secretariat: Mr. Thierry de Ghellinck
Tel. +32 2 501 78 63, +32 471 61 00 36
E-mail: [email protected], [email protected]
Mr. Peter Vercammen
Tel.: +32 2 501 78 52, +32 468 12 55 75
Email: [email protected], [email protected]
Belgian Group of the Inter-Parliamentary Union
Senate
Place de la Nation n° 1
B-1009 Brussels
Belgium
Web site: http://12plus.net
