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"Madam President, the enlargement of the European Union automatically increased the number of countries with a stake in the Barcelona process. I should like to stress that this process is of importance not only for Malta and Cyprus, but also for the Central and Eastern European countries. Whereas some of the reasons for this are historical, others are very much more up-to-date and practical.
As recently as 20 years ago, the average Pole regarded Libya as the only Mediterranean country with which Poland maintained close relations. At the time, relations between the European Communities and the country were a great deal less friendly. Thousands of Poles worked in Libya, and a huge number of copies of Gaddafi’s ‘Green Book’ were published in Polish translation. The situation today is entirely different. Tens of thousands of Polish tourists visit Tunisia and Egypt every year, and a considerable number of Poles go on pilgrimages to Israel. Polish scientists are engaged in research in all the countries of the region, from Syria to Morocco.
This is why it is not only politicians and diplomats who take an interest in the broad concept of the Neighbourhood Policy, but also large sections of the populations in the new Member States. Problems relating to illegal immigration, respect for human rights, equal rights for women, the advancement of democracy and the economic development of the countries around the Mediterranean Basin have become our problems too.
Europe never has been and doubtless never will be an isolated island. Our relations with our closest neighbours are a measure of our solidarity and responsibility. By this I mean solidarity not only in terms of a duty towards partners within the European Union, but also in terms of a task that goes far beyond the borders of Europe and takes us everywhere that people desire peace, stability, the rule of law, economic growth and freedom.
The European Union will benefit from the genuine implementation of as many of these values as possible in the countries neighbouring us to the south and east. The new EU Member States very much want to become involved in building a political partnership concerned with security, as well as an economic and financial partnership and a social, cultural and humanitarian partnership."@en1
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