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"Mr President, our first report on the revision of the European Neighbourhood Policy has already clearly laid out the positions that Parliament is on course to take. It was with great satisfaction that we saw most of the principles and proposals that we have advocated in this House included in subsequent Commission and Council communications. I am grateful, moreover, for the excellent and constant collaboration and coordination that we have maintained throughout this time with Baroness Ashton and with Mr Füle and their offices.
Firstly, we have seen the stepping up of our relations with neighbouring peoples. By prioritising relations with the general population and with civil society organisations in particular, we will give a greater objectivity and a greater effectiveness to our neighbourhood policy, which claims to be exclusively founded on the universal values that we advocate and share.
I would stress, however, that the EU does not intend to impose a predefined model or formula for political reform in third countries. However, when our taxpayers’ money is at stake, we must give more to those who are making better progress in realising the values in which we believe. This principle means that the faster a country progresses in its internal reforms, the more support it will get from the EU. The principle of ‘more for more’ is, as such, correct, fair and coherent. This means, obviously, that we anticipate having cases or countries where we will have ‘less for less’.
The neighbourhood policy is now based on defending the pursuit of common values and the commitment to democracy, human rights, rule of law and good governance. However, this quest involves a greater accountability. Our partners are called upon to have greater responsibility in the process, and so we advocate the principles of greater differentiation, greater conditionality and ‘more for more’.
In taking a position of rapprochement towards our partners from the bottom up and with tailor-made policies, we are making the development and institutional capacity more effective, along with the ‘institutional building’ that we so wish to support, and which constitutes the basis of the rule of law and the democratic process, that we wish to see implemented as quickly as possible in neighbouring societies, economies and communities.
The idea is to give a voice to citizens as well as to civil society movements that share our values, supporting organised movements that strive to effect positive and democratic change in our countries, improving rights for women and children, building and deepening principles of freedom, whether they be of expression, association, religious belief, the press, choice, etc. with fair elections, the fight against corruption, a rule of law, greater social justice, respect for minorities, protection of the environment and efficiency of resources.
The serious social and economic problems that our neighbours have to face must be the focus for immediate action. It is clear that, without our firm support, the democratic processes under way could fail. These are the ideas that we always uphold for the European political future of good neighbourliness. These are the proposals that make up the report which we present to you for voting.
Now is the time for action. For our part, we will continue to pay close attention and exercise the new powers of monitoring and control that are now with Parliament. To finish, I would like to thank my colleague, co-rapporteur and friend, Mr Siwiec, to whom I would like to express my special thanks for his remarkable work on the eastern aspect of this neighbourhood policy. I would also like to thank the shadow rapporteurs and all of you for your many suggestions proposing amendments that were put forward and that I believe have enriched our work. Lastly, a final word for the secretariat of the Committee and the policy advisers for their excellent support work, from which I have greatly benefited."@en1
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