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"Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, Mr Marques’s report once again bears witness to the attention that the European Parliament pays to the outermost regions. Indeed, the Ligios report on the French overseas departments, back in the second parliamentary term, laid the initial foundations for the concept of the outermost regions, a report that inspired programmes already intended to compensate for remoteness and insularity.
During the current period of uncertainty about what will happen after 2006, Parliament’s support for the outermost regions is very valuable. Sérgio Marques’s report is very much to the point in this regard. Indeed, although the European Union’s support has made possible a number of achievements in our underdeveloped regions, there is still much to be done. That was also the conclusion of the 11th Conference of Presidents of the Outermost Regions, which took place on the island of Réunion at the beginning of this month, in your presence, Mrs Hübner.
On that occasion, I advocated a reversal of approach to relations between the European Union and the outermost regions. Over and above what the European Union brings to these regions, we must recognise the worth of what they bring in terms of European added value.
Let me remind you of some obvious examples. It is the outermost regions that put Community shipping in its position as world leader. The geographic situation of Kourou in Guiana makes a significant contribution to the competitiveness differential enjoyed by the European space industry. So, there is the ocean, space, and we could also cite the exceptional biodiversity of the outermost regions, their importance for improving knowledge of climatic phenomena and their contribution to cultural diversity. The great distance from the continent in which the outermost regions are integrated and the geographic proximity of other continents with which the European Union has agreements also sometimes give rise to contradictions.
I would like to conclude, Mr President, by saying that this dual identity provides a real prospect for the sustainable codevelopment of these areas, all of which face major challenges. The EU’s ability to respond to the question of the development of its outermost regions will bear witness to its ability truly to be a decisive player in fair and controlled globalisation."@en1
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