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"Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, first of all, I should like to thank the rapporteur for her work. As the European Parliament Mediator for International Parental Child Abduction, I particularly welcomed paragraph 14 of the motion for a resolution, which emphasises that parties are more willing to consider the other party’s position and to work on the underlying issues of the dispute through the mediation process, and that this often has the added benefit of preserving the relationship the parties had before the dispute, which is of particular importance in family matters involving children. As well as preventing lengthy court cases, the use of mediation, where practicable, actually results in an agreement between parties – and personally I hope that this practice can be extended as much as possible, including for family mediation. As Commissioner Reding pointed out, mixed marriages are on the increase in Europe: every year in the EU, there are more than 350 000 cross-border marriages and 170 000 divorces, which equates to 20% of all divorces in the European Union. When a marriage ends, the children can become the subject of dispute. Often the parent who has custody keeps the children without the consent of the other parent, or the parent who does not have custody of the children abducts them or refuses to give them back after a scheduled visit. Unfortunately, there has been a dramatic increase in the number of international parental child abductions in recent years. In many cases, however, the mediation process has enabled those children to resume contact with both parents. An agreement reached between parties through a mediation process can actually stop children from suffering unnecessarily and enables parents to address all their family issues without having to face long, costly and painful court proceedings."@en1
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