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Barcelona Process: Union for the Mediterranean - Summary remarks by EUHR Solana

Sommaire: 4 November 2008, Brussels - Summary of remarks by Javier SOLANA, EU High Representative for the CFSP, at the Ministerial Meeting of the Barcelona Process: Union for the Mediterranean

Javier SOLANA, EU High Representative for the Common Foreign and Security Policy (CFSP), participated in the Ministerial Meeting of the Barcelona Process: Union for the Mediterranean that took place in Marseille on Monday, 3 and Tuesday, 4 November 2008.

On Monday's working dinner, the Foreign Ministers had a discussion on the new institutional governance of the Barcelona Process: Union for the Mediterranean, that from now on will be called "Union for the Mediterranean". Important decisions on the institutional structures of the process - in particular on its secretariat that will be established in Barcelona - were taken to allow the partners of both shores of the Mediterranean to work better together to face common challenges.

On Tuesday, the plenary session was focussed on the concrete project areas on which the partners will work in priority: de-pollution of the Mediterranean, maritime and land highways, civil protection, alternative energies and the Mediterranean Solar Plan, higher education and research, the Mediterranean Business Development Initiative. During the working lunch, the Ministers discussed regional issues, including the Middle East Peace Process.

The High Representative said: "Today we have made an important step forward. The world in which we live today is a globalized world in which we need global solutions for the common challenges we are facing. The Union for the Mediterranean will contribute to solve important issues.

The qualitative change we have made today is very important and significant. We have six good project areas. We have now the responsibility to work quickly and efficiently. We will be judged on how we progress on those projects. It is very important to have adequate mechanisms that allow 43 countries to adopt decisions swiftly."

  • Ref: CL08-202EN
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  • Date: 4/11/2008


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