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"Mr President, it is a great honour and a pleasure for us to welcome you to the European Parliament today.
Mr President, we thank you for your attendance here today. We thank you for your visit. I thank you in particular, as President of the European Parliament, that in coming to Europe and in going to a summit meeting, that you should take the time to address parliamentarians and to celebrate an awareness of parliamentary democracy itself. For us, that too is a significant act of politics and not merely a gesture. Therefore it gives me great pleasure, Mr President, to invite you to speak to our House which is, as an elected Parliament, the largest supranational democratically elected Parliament in the world.
I give you the floor, Mr President.
For the first time, the President of the United Mexican States will address our House, and your presence here today underlines the growing quality of relations between Mexico and the European Union.
For me personally it also carries a special significance: you are the first Head of State to address our House during my presidency.
I should also like to welcome the delegation of the Mexican Congress to our gallery. They have come to participate in the fourth interparliamentary meeting between the European Parliament and the Mexican Congress.
Mr President, your election on 2 July 2000 marked a new stage in Mexican politics and the democratic consolidation of your country. The priorities that you have marked for your government – strengthening the Rule of Law, reform of the justice system, promoting economic growth and opportunity, developing human resources and dialogue with the Zapatistas – are all priorities which the European Parliament has strongly supported and continues strongly to support.
Mexico shows how a country with an age-old culture can combine its strong historical links with Europe with a new strategic role and partnership in Central American politics.
The links between Mexico and the European Union are strong: your country was the first from all the Americas to sign an Association and Free Trade Agreement with the European Union. This agreement is a milestone in our relations. It is important to point out in Parliament today that it is more than just about a market and trade connection. It is a political commitment of profound significance, covering economics and also political dialogue with a parliamentary dimension, and shared values at the core. It aims to include the promotion of democratic principles and respect for human rights which, for this Parliament, are indispensable parts of our association agreements and association councils with other states. As you know, the European Parliament has been a strong supporter of this agreement from the outset.
In a couple of days, in Madrid, you will attend the second EU-Latin America and Caribbean Summit of Heads of State, which aims to renew and boost relations between these two regions. The European Parliament also will be present and earlier today had a lengthy discussion on the summit meeting which you will attend."@en1
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