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Draft opinion
Paragraph 4

4. Notes that nuclear security and safety should be a key priority of the EU’s dialogue with its neighbours;

2011/09/28
Committee: ITRE

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6

6. Supports further cooperation in sectors such as industry, SMEs, R&D&I, ICT ~~and space~~, space and tourism; welcomes the Commission proposals concerning the development of a common knowledge and innovation space and of a digital economy based on ICT;

2011/09/28
Committee: ITRE

Gaston FRANCO

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)

6a. Insists on the benefits linked to joint research programming initiatives by the EU and its neighbours; to this end, encourages the further development of coordination, cooperation and synergies between all programmes and research activities at national level funded by the countries bordering on the Mediterranean with a view to enhancing the overall coherence and effectiveness of environmental research actions in the region, an example being the joint research programme for the Baltic (BONUS 169);

2011/09/28
Committee: ITRE

Gaston FRANCO

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 b (new)

6b. Recommends closer cooperation in the research field between the EU and its neighbours with a view to multiplying exchanges of researchers, supporting crossborder and transnational academic networks, creating joint doctoral schools and promoting strategic collaboration between clusters;

2011/09/28
Committee: ITRE

Gaston FRANCO

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7

7. Looks forward to the Commission’s proposals on the new ENI and welcomes the Commission’s intention to emphasise the need for further differentiation, flexibility and conditionality in granting assistance; encourages the implementation of a 'country-oriented logic', which could take the form of 'differentiated partnership contracts' within the ENP; notes that, while EU financial rules must be fully observed, EU assistance should be easily accessible and the pursuit of excellence should not be hampered by a rigid framework;.

2011/09/28
Committee: ITRE

Gaston FRANCO

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 a (new)

7a. Believes it important to strike an equitable balance between the eastern and southern neighbourhoods, the strategic importance and immense development needs of the latter having been heightened by the recent events in North Africa;

2011/09/28
Committee: ITRE

Gaston FRANCO

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 b (new)

7b. Insists on the need to conceive the ENP from a viewpoint of macroregional strategy, with regional-level coordination of Union and Member State actions; at the Euro-Mediterranean level, a synergy could be ensured between such a strategy and the multilateral projects launched in the framework of the Union for the Mediterranean, such as the Mediterranean Solar Plan, civilian security, the 'marine highways' or action to fight pollution in the Mediterranean.

2011/09/28
Committee: ITRE

7 Amendments of Gaston FRANCO related to 2011/2157(INI)

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