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1994/2158(COS) Strengthening the Mediterranean Policy of the European Union: establishing a Euro-Mediterranean partnership

Progress: Procedure completed

RoleCommitteeRapporteurShadows
Lead AFET SAKELLARIOU Jannis (icon: PES PES)
Committee Opinion DEVE
Committee Opinion AGRI DIMITRAKOPOULOS Giorgos (icon: PPE PPE)
Committee Opinion TRAN
Committee Opinion ENER
Committee Opinion RELA FERRER Concepció (icon: PPE PPE)
Committee Opinion REGI BAGGIONI Jean (icon: EDA EDA)
Committee Opinion BUDG FABRA VALLÉS Juan Manuel (icon: PPE PPE)
Lead committee dossier:
Legal Basis:
RoP 142

Events

2001/10/18
   ESC - Economic and Social Committee: opinion, report
Documents
1995/11/15
   CofR - Committee of the Regions: opinion
Details

At its plenary session of 15 and 16 November, the Committee of the Regions welcomed the gradual establishment of a Mediterranean free trade area, to be completed by 2010. However, the Assembly of local and regional authorities of the European Union had stressed that Euro-Mediterranean cooperation should encompass measures on illegal immigration, organised crime, human rights and environmental protection. The Committee of the Regions had adopted its Opinion, presented by the President of the Region of Tuscany, Mr CHITI, on strengthening the EU’s Mediterranean policy only 10 days before the Euro-Mediterranean Conference held in Barcelona ( Spain ). In its Opinion it called for greater efforts to encourage cooperation between the democratically elected local and regional authorities in the area. It also called for the Interreg programme, which supported projects in the border regions of the Member States, to serve as a reference for cooperation between the Mediterranean non-member countries and between all the countries in the Mediterranean region. Finally, the Committee called for the creation of an environmental agency to deal with the specific problems in the region.

1995/10/30
   Final act published in Official Journal
1995/10/11
   EP - Text adopted by Parliament, single reading
1995/10/11
   EP - Debate in Parliament
Details

In his speech following the presentation of the report by Mr SAKELLARIOU, the Commissioner, Mr Manuel MARIN, highlighted the new approach proposed by the Commission, which had, since the decisions taken at the Cannes summit, been accompanied by a credible financial commitment. As far as the Commission was concerned, the Euro-Mediterranean partnership should develop within two main frameworks, namely political dialogue and economic and financial relations: - As regards political dialogue, the aim was to create an area of peace and security in the Mediterranean basin while affirming the essential principles common to both regions (respect for human rights and the rule of law, an end to force, etc.); - From an economic and financial perspective, the Commissioner underlined three key objectives: the creation of a free trade area by 2010, financial cooperation to support the economic transition, and sectoral cooperation. Mr MARIN stated that the Commission wished to treat each geographical area in accordance with its specific characteristics. He was in favour of organising sectoral conferences. However, since it was clear that they would not be able to do everything at once, priorities had to be set. The Commissioner proposed organising two sectoral conferences each year. These conferences could cover industry, the environment, transport, fisheries, agriculture, and so on. As regards participation in the Conference, the Commissioner believed that only those countries that had prepared the Conference should be able to attend. Other partners could certainly be invited to participate subsequently in the follow-up to this first Conference. He pointed out that provision had been made for a forum with NGOs and that civil society would be fully involved in the Conference. At parliamentary level, it was up to the European Parliament to determine the method to be used, although he favoured a body somewhere between a joint committee and a joint assembly. It would perhaps be appropriate to develop a structure that was more flexible than a joint assembly. In conclusion, he believed that it would be difficult for anyone to suggest that the European Union had forgotten the South to the benefit of the East. Speaking on behalf of the Council following the presentation of the report by Mr SAKELLARIOU at the October I part-session (1995), Mr Carlos WESTENDORP pointed out that the Conference to be held in Barcelona would play a very important role as it would establish the foundations of a Euro-Mediterranean partnership covering financial, social, human and economic aspects. The Council was preparing for this Conference by drawing up a draft declaration and a draft working programme. The draft declaration contained first and foremost a section on security policy aimed at improving the internal security of the states. This aspect represented the hard core of Euro-Mediterranean relations. In addition, the draft declaration covered economic and financial issues and sought to achieve a Euro-Mediterranean area based on free trade and a plan for regional cooperation. The financial section provided for contributions totalling ECU 4.6 million, assistance from the EIB and the MEDA programme. Finally, the draft declaration included a section on culture, which aimed to combat the phenomena that prevented dialogue between different cultures and religions. To conclude, Mr WESTENDORP recalled that five Members of the European Parliament would be able to participate in the Barcelona Conference as members of the European Union’s delegation. He hoped that the dialogue between the European Union and the Mediterranean would form the basis for cooperation with neighbouring countries.

1995/10/11
   EP - Decision by Parliament
Documents
1995/10/11
   EP - End of procedure in Parliament
1995/10/02
   CSL - Council Meeting
1995/09/28
   EP - Committee report tabled for plenary, single reading
1995/09/28
   EP - Vote in committee
1995/09/27
   EP - Committee report tabled for plenary
Documents
1995/07/19
   EP - DIMITRAKOPOULOS Giorgos (PPE) appointed as rapporteur in AGRI
1995/07/19
   EP - FABRA VALLÉS Juan Manuel (PPE) appointed as rapporteur in BUDG
1995/06/12
   CSL - Debate in Council
Documents
1995/06/12
   CSL - Council Meeting
1995/05/29
   CSL - Debate in Council
Documents
1995/05/29
   CSL - Council Meeting
1995/04/10
   CSL - Debate in Council
Details

In preparation for the Euro-Mediterranean Conference scheduled to be held in Barcelona on 27 and 28 November 1995, the Council agreed on the summary report to serve as a basis for the exploratory talks that the Troika would be conducting with the twelve Mediterranean partners in the coming weeks. Those contacts were intended to prepare for the Council’s subsequent deliberations for the purpose of finalising the European Union’s negotiating position concerning a Euro-Mediterranean partnership. That partnership will need to comprise three main aspects: - a political and security aspect aimed at establishing a common area of peace and stability; - an economic and financial aspect aimed at building a zone of shared prosperity; - a social and human aspect.

Documents
1995/04/10
   CSL - Council Meeting
1995/03/08
   EC - Document attached to the procedure
1995/03/06
   CSL - Debate in Council
Documents
1995/03/06
   CSL - Council Meeting
1995/01/26
   EP - BAGGIONI Jean (EDA) appointed as rapporteur in REGI
1995/01/23
   CSL - Debate in Council
Documents
1995/01/23
   CSL - Council Meeting
1994/12/02
   EP - SAKELLARIOU Jannis (PES) appointed as rapporteur in AFET
1994/11/30
   EP - Committee referral announced in Parliament
1994/11/30
   EP - FERRER Concepció (PPE) appointed as rapporteur in RELA
1994/11/28
   CSL - Resolution/conclusions adopted by Council
1994/11/28
   CSL - Council Meeting
1994/10/19
   EC - Non-legislative basic document
1994/10/18
   EC - Non-legislative basic document published

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        • date: 1995-07-13T00:00:00 docs: title: PE213.720/A type: Committee draft report body: EP
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        • date: 1995-09-07T00:00:00 docs: title: PE213.720/RAM type: Committee draft report body: EP
        • date: 1995-09-28T00:00:00 docs: url: https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=OJ:C:1995:287:TOC title: OJ C 287 30.10.1995, p. 0005 title: A4-0232/1995 type: Committee report tabled for plenary, single reading body: EP
        • date: 1995-10-11T00:00:00 docs: title: PE214.613/DEF committee: ENER type: Committee opinion body: EP
        • date: 1995-10-11T00:00:00 docs: url: https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=OJ:C:1995:287:TOC title: OJ C 287 30.10.1995, p. 0077-0121 title: T4-0456/1995 summary: type: Text adopted by Parliament, single reading body: EP
        • date: 1995-11-15T00:00:00 docs: url: https://dm.cor.europa.eu/CORDocumentSearch/Pages/redresults.aspx?k=(documenttype:AC)(documentnumber:0371)(documentyear:1995)(documentlanguage:EN) title: CDR0371/1995 url: https://eur-lex.europa.eu/JOHtml.do?uri=OJ:C:1996:126:SOM:EN:HTML title: OJ C 126 29.04.1996, p. 0012 summary: At its plenary session of 15 and 16 November, the Committee of the Regions welcomed the gradual establishment of a Mediterranean free trade area, to be completed by 2010. However, the Assembly of local and regional authorities of the European Union had stressed that Euro-Mediterranean cooperation should encompass measures on illegal immigration, organised crime, human rights and environmental protection. The Committee of the Regions had adopted its Opinion, presented by the President of the Region of Tuscany, Mr CHITI, on strengthening the EU’s Mediterranean policy only 10 days before the Euro-Mediterranean Conference held in Barcelona ( Spain ). In its Opinion it called for greater efforts to encourage cooperation between the democratically elected local and regional authorities in the area. It also called for the Interreg programme, which supported projects in the border regions of the Member States, to serve as a reference for cooperation between the Mediterranean non-member countries and between all the countries in the Mediterranean region. Finally, the Committee called for the creation of an environmental agency to deal with the specific problems in the region. type: Committee of the Regions: opinion body: CofR
        • date: 2001-10-18T00:00:00 docs: url: https://dm.eesc.europa.eu/EESCDocumentSearch/Pages/redresults.aspx?k=(documenttype:AC)(documentnumber:1332)(documentyear:2001)(documentlanguage:EN) title: CES1332/2001 type: Economic and Social Committee: opinion, report body: ESC
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        • date: 1995-01-23T00:00:00 type: Debate in Council body: CSL docs: url: http://register.consilium.europa.eu/content/out?lang=EN&typ=SET&i=SMPL&ROWSPP=25&RESULTSET=1&NRROWS=500&DOC_LANCD=EN&ORDERBY=DOC_DATE+DESC&CONTENTS=1825*&MEET_DATE=23/01/1995 title: 1825
        • date: 1995-03-06T00:00:00 type: Debate in Council body: CSL docs: url: http://register.consilium.europa.eu/content/out?lang=EN&typ=SET&i=SMPL&ROWSPP=25&RESULTSET=1&NRROWS=500&DOC_LANCD=EN&ORDERBY=DOC_DATE+DESC&CONTENTS=1830*&MEET_DATE=06/03/1995 title: 1830
        • date: 1995-04-10T00:00:00 type: Debate in Council body: CSL docs: url: http://register.consilium.europa.eu/content/out?lang=EN&typ=SET&i=SMPL&ROWSPP=25&RESULTSET=1&NRROWS=500&DOC_LANCD=EN&ORDERBY=DOC_DATE+DESC&CONTENTS=1844*&MEET_DATE=10/04/1995 title: 1844 summary: In preparation for the Euro-Mediterranean Conference scheduled to be held in Barcelona on 27 and 28 November 1995, the Council agreed on the summary report to serve as a basis for the exploratory talks that the Troika would be conducting with the twelve Mediterranean partners in the coming weeks. Those contacts were intended to prepare for the Council’s subsequent deliberations for the purpose of finalising the European Union’s negotiating position concerning a Euro-Mediterranean partnership. That partnership will need to comprise three main aspects: - a political and security aspect aimed at establishing a common area of peace and stability; - an economic and financial aspect aimed at building a zone of shared prosperity; - a social and human aspect.
        • date: 1995-05-29T00:00:00 type: Debate in Council body: CSL docs: url: http://register.consilium.europa.eu/content/out?lang=EN&typ=SET&i=SMPL&ROWSPP=25&RESULTSET=1&NRROWS=500&DOC_LANCD=EN&ORDERBY=DOC_DATE+DESC&CONTENTS=1847*&MEET_DATE=29/05/1995 title: 1847
        • date: 1995-06-12T00:00:00 type: Debate in Council body: CSL docs: url: http://register.consilium.europa.eu/content/out?lang=EN&typ=SET&i=SMPL&ROWSPP=25&RESULTSET=1&NRROWS=500&DOC_LANCD=EN&ORDERBY=DOC_DATE+DESC&CONTENTS=1853*&MEET_DATE=12/06/1995 title: 1853
        • date: 1995-09-28T00:00:00 type: Vote in committee, 1st reading/single reading body: EP summary:
        • date: 1995-09-28T00:00:00 type: Committee report tabled for plenary, single reading body: EP docs: title: A4-0232/1995
        • date: 1995-10-11T00:00:00 type: Debate in Parliament body: EP docs: url: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?secondRef=TOC&language=EN&reference=19951011&type=CRE title: Debate in Parliament summary: In his speech following the presentation of the report by Mr SAKELLARIOU, the Commissioner, Mr Manuel MARIN, highlighted the new approach proposed by the Commission, which had, since the decisions taken at the Cannes summit, been accompanied by a credible financial commitment. As far as the Commission was concerned, the Euro-Mediterranean partnership should develop within two main frameworks, namely political dialogue and economic and financial relations: - As regards political dialogue, the aim was to create an area of peace and security in the Mediterranean basin while affirming the essential principles common to both regions (respect for human rights and the rule of law, an end to force, etc.); - From an economic and financial perspective, the Commissioner underlined three key objectives: the creation of a free trade area by 2010, financial cooperation to support the economic transition, and sectoral cooperation. Mr MARIN stated that the Commission wished to treat each geographical area in accordance with its specific characteristics. He was in favour of organising sectoral conferences. However, since it was clear that they would not be able to do everything at once, priorities had to be set. The Commissioner proposed organising two sectoral conferences each year. These conferences could cover industry, the environment, transport, fisheries, agriculture, and so on. As regards participation in the Conference, the Commissioner believed that only those countries that had prepared the Conference should be able to attend. Other partners could certainly be invited to participate subsequently in the follow-up to this first Conference. He pointed out that provision had been made for a forum with NGOs and that civil society would be fully involved in the Conference. At parliamentary level, it was up to the European Parliament to determine the method to be used, although he favoured a body somewhere between a joint committee and a joint assembly. It would perhaps be appropriate to develop a structure that was more flexible than a joint assembly. In conclusion, he believed that it would be difficult for anyone to suggest that the European Union had forgotten the South to the benefit of the East. Speaking on behalf of the Council following the presentation of the report by Mr SAKELLARIOU at the October I part-session (1995), Mr Carlos WESTENDORP pointed out that the Conference to be held in Barcelona would play a very important role as it would establish the foundations of a Euro-Mediterranean partnership covering financial, social, human and economic aspects. The Council was preparing for this Conference by drawing up a draft declaration and a draft working programme. The draft declaration contained first and foremost a section on security policy aimed at improving the internal security of the states. This aspect represented the hard core of Euro-Mediterranean relations. In addition, the draft declaration covered economic and financial issues and sought to achieve a Euro-Mediterranean area based on free trade and a plan for regional cooperation. The financial section provided for contributions totalling ECU 4.6 million, assistance from the EIB and the MEDA programme. Finally, the draft declaration included a section on culture, which aimed to combat the phenomena that prevented dialogue between different cultures and religions. To conclude, Mr WESTENDORP recalled that five Members of the European Parliament would be able to participate in the Barcelona Conference as members of the European Union’s delegation. He hoped that the dialogue between the European Union and the Mediterranean would form the basis for cooperation with neighbouring countries.
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