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dcterms:Date	"2005-02-23"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:EU relations with the Mediterranean region2
dcterms:Language	"it"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20050223.5.3-016"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2005-02-23-Speech-3-0172
lpv:speaker	lp:Pasqualina Napoletano2
lpv:spokenAs	vice-chair; PES (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3,3 substitute; Temporary committee on policy challenges and budgetary means of the enlarged Union 2007-2013 (2004-10-14--2005-06-08)3,3 member; DROI (2004-07-21--2007-01-14)3,3 unknown; Democratici di Sinistra (2004-07-21--2008-02-18)3,3 substitute; Delegation for relations with the Mashreq countries (2004-09-15--2007-03-13)3,3 member; INTA (2004-07-21--2005-06-06)3,3 member; Delegation to the Euro-Mediterranean Parliamentary Assembly (2004-09-15--2009-07-13)3,3 substitute; AFET (2004-07-21--2005-06-06)3,3 member; Delegation for relations with the Maghreb countries and the Arab Maghreb Union (including Libya) (2004-09-15--2007-03-13)3,3
lpv:translated text	". Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, we are pleased that the Council has decided to make 2005 the Year of the Mediterranean. Precisely for this reason, we hope that the Union will have a more important political role in this area. The Mediterranean is now our priority, because that is where the greatest challenges lie regarding peace, security, the fight against terrorism, development, respect for rights, protection of the environment and positive management of immigration. The neighbourhood policy must strengthen the spirit of Barcelona, in line with the partnership method which we could today steer in the direction of codevelopment. Ten years on from the Barcelona Intergovernmental Conference in 1995, although the results have essentially not lived up to the expectations created by this process, we must, in any case, acknowledge the progress made with regard to mutual relations and the improved application of the MEDA programme. We are encouraged, then, by the resumption of dialogue between the Israeli Government and the Palestinian Authority following the presidential elections in Palestine. At the same time, we are aware of the complexity of the whole Middle Eastern situation and we are concerned by the situation in Lebanon, following the bomb attack which caused the death of former Prime Minister Rafiq Hariri. Moreover, we would urge Syria to withdraw from Lebanon and, in the same vein, we hope that Israel will pull out of the Golan Heights. This all means that the time may have come to resolve the whole Middle Eastern conflict. In this context, we appreciate the role played by Egypt, but at the same time we are troubled by the internal situation of that country where, precisely in the past few days, Mr Ayman Nour, a member of the Egyptian Parliament, was arrested and detained. Lastly, we are calling for a more incisive and coherent role for the European Union in the field of human rights, democracy and the rule of law in the whole region. The neighbourhood policy should have more appropriate instruments and institutions. We would therefore invite the Commission and the Council to take greater account of the role of the Euro-Mediterranean Parliamentary Assembly, a fundamental democratic instrument which should be supported and strengthened, and which was established through the efforts of men like Mr Renzo Imbeni. The Assembly is taking its first steps: it is the first time that it is meeting outside Europe, in Cairo, and we hope that it can hold an extraordinary meeting, presided by you, President Borrell Fontelles, precisely on the occasion of the tenth anniversary of the Barcelona Process."@en1

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