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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2002-06-11"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:EU/Maghreb Arab Union relations2
dcterms:Language	"es"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20020611.3.2-021"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2002-06-11-Speech-2-0222
lpv:speaker	lp:Raimon Obiols2
lpv:spokenAs	substitute; Committee on Culture, Youth, Education, the Media and Sport (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3 chair; Delegation for relations with the countries of Central America and Mexico (2002-02-07--2004-03-30)3 unknown; Partido Socialista Obrero Español (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 vice-chair; PES (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 member; Committee on Foreign Affairs, Human Rights, Common Security and Defence Policy (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3 member; Conference of Delegation Chairs (2002-02-07--2004-03-30)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, in a recent survey in Morocco, 82% of secondary school students expressed their desire to emigrate to Europe. Last year, more than 100 000 Maghreb citizens tried to enter the European Union illegally. The differences in economic growth and wealth and the democratic differential between the European Union and the Maghreb is increasing. The gulf is widening. Furthermore, the most recent political processes in the European Union are demonstrating the extent to which this tragedy of the mass exodus of population leads to greater social and political upheaval, with the risk that this may lead to a growth in populism and the extreme right. We do not have much time left to reverse this trend and it seems to me that neither the Council nor the Commission realise how extremely serious the problems relating to the development prospects of the Maghreb and the countries of the South and East of the Mediterranean in general are. There is not much time left, perhaps a decade, but not much more. This Parliament had expressed the view that Euro-Mediterranean policy should be the top priority of the European Union’s external policy. Given the way things are developing, perhaps we should reach the conclusion that the European Union’s policy on the Maghreb and Euro-Mediterranean relations should also be one of our main internal priorities."@en1

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