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Europe must not ignore the lessons of history if it is to gain a clear understanding of its sphere and range of action. It should not only realise that the ‘middle sea’ has always united more than it has separated, but it must also have the pragmatic desire to revitalise it as a major artery for political, commercial and cultural exchange.
While pointing out the aims and objectives that we have in common, I do not ignore the specific problems that affect a large part of the Mediterranean’s southern rim. I believe, however, that those problems should not merely be a cause of concern for their own peoples and leaders but, on the contrary, they need to be addressed through a programme coordinated and structured in conjunction with the European Union, within the neighbourhood policy that the EU is advocating.
In my view, some very positive measures have been adopted to that end, including the conversion of the Euro-Mediterranean Parliamentary Forum into the Euro-Mediterranean Parliamentary Assembly – an affirmation of a parliamentary political component which will make the interregional dialogue a permanent, institutional feature – and the declaration of 2005 as the ‘Year of the Mediterranean’ by the Euro-Mediterranean Ministers of Foreign Affairs."@en1
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