Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2007-03-14-Speech-3-185"

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dcterms:Date	"2007-03-14"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Euro-Mediterranean relations - Euro-Mediterranean Free Trade Area (debate)2
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lpv:document identification number	"en.20070314.17.3-185"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2007-03-14-Speech-3-1862
lpv:speaker	lp:Vito Bonsignore2
lpv:spokenAs	member; AFET (2007-01-31--2009-07-13)3 substitute; Delegation to the ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly (2004-09-15--2009-07-13)3 unknown; Unione dei Democratici cristiani e dei Democratici di Centro (2004-07-20--2008-06-10)3 member; CONT (2007-01-31--2007-03-27)3 member; Delegation to the Euro-Mediterranean Parliamentary Assembly (2006-06-12--2009-07-13)3 vice-chair; EPP-ED (2006-06-12--2009-07-13)3
lpv:translated text	". Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, the Euro-Mediterranean Parliamentary Assembly (EMPA) is due to meet at last in a few days’ time. The aim is to revitalise it in order to provide a parliamentary dimension to dialogue and cooperation in the Mediterranean. The European Parliament’s position is fully expressed in the joint motion for a resolution, from which I should like to highlight three points: the call for the creation of the Euro-Mediterranean Development Bank, the call for greater attention to be given to environmental and energy issues, and above all the question of the status of women. We expect the European Union institutions to pull together, and we call on the Commission to actively support the efforts of the European Parliament and its President, Mr Poettering, to revitalise the EMPA. I think this support needs to be made very conspicuous in Tunis, through their participation at the highest levels. The debate on the free-trade area deserves particular emphasis today, since we are aware that, if it is created, it may well provide the political and parliamentary activities with a practical outcome. We signed up to the Barcelona process in order to make action in the Mediterranean more effective. We realise that there are now delays in achieving the expected targets. The European Union has not been able to fulfil its ambitions, and that is why the Euro-Mediterranean integration process is now becoming the EU’s new policy and its political priority. We are aware that the world has changed, so we need to adapt our strategy without slackening in our actions: we need to enhance North-South trade and help to develop South-South trade. We need to look for practical, visible measures to move in that direction. The European Commission should, in agreement with the other institutions, choose and carry out a major, symbolic project. President Barroso and Commissioners Ferrero-Waldner and Mandelson have all the information they require to put forward a proposal. It is essential to achieve peace in the area, with the cooperation of all the interested parties – from Israel to the Palestinians, and from Syria to Iran – with active support from the European Union in its new role, and with the intense activity of the Quartet. The European Union ought to be less timid and more daring: we need to get to the peace conference as quickly as possible."@en1

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