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"Madam President, for the past few years the European Union has been watching the countries of eastern and central Europe carefully. Most of the Union’s attention has been focused on enlargement, the new accession process and future enlargement.
Unfortunately, southern Europe and the southern basin of the Mediterranean often only received attention when problems or specific issues arose – as when thousands of immigrants arrived in Ceuta, Melilla or Lampedusa, or when the situation became extremely difficult for the western Saharan refugees in Tindouf. The human rights situation in the southern and eastern southern basin of the Mediterranean has not improved. There are no clear improvements in this field, or in democracy, freedom and transparency. I must point out that economic differences have also increased over the years.
In the European Union, Member States continue to be keenly attached to their bilateral relations with governments south of the Mediterranean. This clearly makes the partnership less coherent. This is an old problem of European politics not being able to act with a single voice, even in the relationship with such strategic areas as the area south of the Mediterranean. There is still the recurring question as to who is going to pick up the phone and speak on behalf of Europe.
I must mention another important deficiency in our intercultural dialogue. Some very important cultures and languages are ostracised and not represented. I should like to mention the Amazigh language and culture, which is neglected and even banned in several countries in northern Africa, and the Catalan language and culture. I hope that the next meeting in Barcelona will be an opportunity to achieve more visible and concrete results in a short time."@en1
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