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"Mr President, this has been a very interesting discussion and it has proved that the initiative of having this oral question was really a success.
I have three points. The first concerns our maritime strategy. In maritime strategy, we can include many sectors, many actions and many perspectives. What will our focus be? Our focus will be on trying to create linkages between the different sectors. Let me explain myself.
We have a space, we have a sea space – Atlantic sea space. There we can have fisheries; we need environmental protection; we can have tourism; we can have transport; we can have aquaculture; we can have energy; and we can have research. So we need a way to create linkages between all these sectors and to overcome the possibility of there being conflicts of interest there. So, maritime special planning will be a very important instrument for us, and maritime surveillance and maritime knowledge will also be very important instruments.
This is our ambition. It is not about creating new structures – I can agree with that; we do not really need new structures. What we need are linkages between the different structures we already have. That is what this is all about – creating linkages between the existing structures in order to have better results. So this is my first point.
The second point concerns your comments about having a territorial cohesion policy. I would like to remind you that to have this macro-region policy, we need to have a proposal. A proposal must be made by the Council to the Commission. What we have for the time being is a proposal about a maritime strategy. There was a decision last June about this and we have already been authorised to come forward with a maritime strategy. We are working on this and we hope that in this way, we are helping to put on the table the prospect of a macro-region approach.
My third point is the need for an international approach. Yes, I agree with all of you who said that we need good coordination with our neighbours on both sides of the Atlantic too. We have to be cautious. We need to have good discussions and to try to fix a level playing field for everybody, because this is the only way to be successful.
So I would like to thank Mr Cadec once again for his initiative and I would like to reassure you that all your suggestions will be taken on board."@en1
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