Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2002-04-24-Speech-3-052"
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"Mr President, I agree with most of the statements that have been made today and, therefore, if you do not mind, I shall not repeat them. Instead, I shall focus on other aspects of Euro-Mediterranean cooperation, which is of such great importance.
The adoption of the action plan between the European Union and the twelve States bordering the Mediterranean is a step forwards in the much-needed creation of a Mediterranean free trade area, which I would call a genuine form of discreet enlargement towards the South.
In formalising this project, we must ensure that criteria of sustainability and ecological, economic and social benefit for both sides of the Mediterranean are taken into account in sectors such as agriculture. In this process it is a matter of priority to foster mutual knowledge and cultural ties between peoples. We saw that the first action to be taken when the tanks entered the refugee camps was to ban the media. For this reason, we must promote joint projects such as a Euro-Mediterranean television service that would maintain stations in all the States bordering the Mediterranean, and which would broadcast in all of the region’s languages and provide live transparency for this action plan and others.
Ladies and gentlemen, let us learn the lesson of what happened in Jenin. We must prevent any repetition of these episodes and be prepared to address and resolve issues as explosive as this one – or as in the case of the Western Sahara, to which no one in this Chamber has referred – and which are extremely important to the creation of an Arab Maghreb union."@en1
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