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"Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, I voted for this report and I would like to congratulate Mr Alfonsi once again, because I believe macro-regional strategies can be a tool for creating added value for the whole of Europe. That is why it is important to continue along this path, though subject to certain specific conditions.
Macro-regional strategies have to be developed around a well-defined geographical area with specific, uniform characteristics. In addition, strategies must be functional and stakeholders must be willing to push forward the integration process. Essentially, the regional approach should guide local communities towards integration at a higher level in order to address and overcome challenges that they would be unable to tackle otherwise, if they did not cooperate.
With regard to the Mediterranean area, I think it is important that the report envisages one strategy for the western Mediterranean and another for the eastern basins, in other words, the Adriatic and Ionian Seas. In particular, it is significant that there is already a very high degree of coordination in the Adriatic and Ionian region. I therefore believe the Commission and the Council should follow up this important report."@en1
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