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"Mr President, the Union’s Mediterranean policy must not only gain shape, but also gain substance. It should be filled with content and not emptied. It is essential that we strengthen political, economic and social ties and continue to move forward. We now have an association agreement with Morocco, in force since 2 March, which makes that country a privileged partner. However, there can be no close cooperation with Morocco without dealing with an activity – fishing – on which the economies of many European regions depend.
I would like to mention the fisheries agreement between the European Community and Morocco, which expired on 30 November last year. Well, four months later, we are in a vacuum. We still have no date for a start to negotiations. Not to renew that agreement would be a backwards step in our Mediterranean policy, because if that policy is to be more than empty rhetoric, we must make progress in specific cases.
Mediterranean policy takes its name from the sea where, for centuries, European and North African fishermen have fished together. The Commission should fulfil its duty and ensure that these negotiations finally begin."@en1
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