Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2011-09-14-Speech-3-389-000"
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"Madam President, the fallout from the Arab Spring continues to have knock-on effects for all elements of our external policy. We therefore have a duty to address these challenges.
Today, the incredible hope born of the calls for democracy in Tunisia, Egypt and Libya needs to be translated into proper joint development projects. We have already identified the top priorities: humanitarian aid, cooperation on security, economic support and institutional assistance.
We now need to put those priorities into practice. Europe can make use of two existing instruments to support this development: the European Neighbourhood Policy and the Union for the Mediterranean.
To this end, we need to strengthen these policies, particularly the section of the European Neighbourhood and Partnership Instrument that deals with cross-border cooperation. Indeed, this section allows us to finance specific projects to promote investment, social cohesion, environmental considerations and mobility in the Mediterranean basin. It specifically encourages the creation of networks of local and regional authorities which, by meeting and working together, can develop pragmatic responses to local needs and give citizens a very practical understanding of the aid that the European Union can provide."@en1
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