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dcterms:Date	"2000-03-29"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Mediterranean policy2
dcterms:Language	"fr"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20000329.7.3-113"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2000-03-29-Speech-3-1142
lpv:speaker	lp:Yves Piétrasanta2
lpv:spokenAs	member; G/EFA (1999-07-20--2004-02-02)3 member; Delegation for relations with the Mashreq countries and the Gulf (1999-09-28--2002-01-14)3 substitute; PECH (1999-07-22--2002-01-14)3 unknown; Les Verts-Europe-Ecologie (1999-07-20--2004-02-02)3 member; Committee on Industry, External Trade, Research and Energy (1999-07-21--2002-01-14)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, the basic economic instrument for the implementation of our Mediterranean policy, resulting from the Barcelona Process, is undoubtedly the MEDA programme, on whose activities it is my task to report, and for which my fellow Member, Mr Valdivielso de Cué and I are currently involved in amending the regulations. Let me draw the attention of our fellow Members to these reports which are currently being discussed in committee and which are to be presented before the House in June. At this juncture, I should like to highlight two important points: firstly, MEDA is a good programme, a young programme, which has to date suffered from inefficiencies in its implementation. Less than 30% of the total appropriation in the order of EUR 3 500 million for the last four years has been paid to date, what with delays in payment, observations from the Court of Auditors on the examination of the files and excessive time periods. The regulation must be amended and Commission staff must be increased. We shall have proposals to present to Parliament to this effect in order to ensure better examination of the files. Next, 90% of the appropriations are reserved for bilateral cooperation, but only 10% for regional cooperation, which is of great interest to us. This must be increased, decentralised cooperation must be stimulated and the participation of civilian societies must be utilised. Secondly, this programme does not focus solely on economic matters and free trade. There is also the definition of a common area of peace and stability, and the concern for rapprochement of peoples by means of a social and cultural partnership. Finally, it plans to bring third countries up to par in terms of respect for human rights and, in this regard, in many countries the situation is showing no signs of improvement. We therefore request that the Council and the Commission publish a report annually, or every two years, on human rights in the countries participating in the Barcelona Process, which could be used as a basis for the implementation of cooperative operations between the European Union and third countries. Tunisia, which Daniel Cohn-Bendit has just mentioned, has alone received 10% of the MEDA appropriations, almost all of which have been paid. This is something that we must take into account specifically in order to ensure that it is the European Union which is actively directing the projects and that the projects are not just decided according to … ( )"@en1
lpv:unclassifiedMetadata	"The President cut the speaker off"1

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