Quotes
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“One of the priorities of the Union for the Mediterranean is to support SMEs as drivers of growth and job creation".
22-11-2012 - UfM Secretary General, Fathallah Sijilmassi
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"With the northern Co-Presidency of the Union for the Mediterranean now provided by the European Union and Jordan providing the southern Co-Presidency, we are committed to bringing more coherence between the European Union and the actions of the Union for the Mediterranean, in favour of concrete projects and the development of dialogue."
08-10-2012 - European Commission President José Manuel Barroso
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“The UfM can play an integral role in strengthening the cooperation and integration in the Mediterranean region. In addition, it can support the ongoing political and economic transition by moulding its projects to serve the needs of citizens in the Mediterranean. Clearly the priorities are focused on job creation and local sustainable local development.”
16-11-2011 - Youssef Amrani, Secretary General of the Union for the Mediterranean (UfM)
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“The Union for the Mediterranean is an attempt to tap the vast and still partly unexploited human and economic potential of our region. It is about renewable energy, de-pollution, better transport, increased trade, stronger regional education centres, and many other endeavours that can create the growth and, more importantly, the jobs that our region needs.”
27-05-2010 - EU Commissioner for Enlargement and Neighbourhood Policy Štefan Füle
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“Of course we do not live and work in a political vacuum… What is essential is that concrete work [under the UfM] continues… In short: Euro-Mediterranean co-operation goes on… When we turn back towards our work in a few years’ time and we look at this period, it will be clear what has made the difference: projects."
27-05-2010 - EU Commissioner for Enlargement and Neighbourhood Policy Štefan Füle
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“The European Union wants to work with its Mediterranean partners as real partners, to deal with common problems that no individual country can tackle successfully on its own. The European Neighbourhood Policy and the Union for the Mediterranean complement each other in the promotion of an emerging region close to Europe.”
04-03-2010 - European Commissioner for Enlargement and Neighbourhood Policy Štefan Füle
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“Like the European Union, the Union for the Mediterranean is a process to enable the Mediterranean to cope with its past comprising not only the most remarkable historic and cultural achievements, but also, tainted with war and confrontation. The Union for the Mediterranean is a major political initiative to cope with the need to build a shared future for Euro-Mediterranean partners.”
04-03-2010 - European Commissioner for Enlargement and Neighbourhood Policy Štefan Füle
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“The wider Mediterranean region is a top priority. There are deep historical ties and common interests that bind us, as well as common problems including illegal migration. We need to take forward the work started under the Union for the Mediterranean.”
11-01-2010 - Catherine Ashton High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy
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“A partnership between the Arab world and Europe is not only possible but essential”
25-06-2009 - Kader Arif, Member of the European Parliament
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“The most outstanding point in the Effective Schools Project is the change of mentality of people in the schools. Parents are now taking an active role in school life and the school has become the focal point where the community interacts with their children.”
26-01-2009 - Barbara Thornton and Amani Mostafa of the Effective Schools Project, launched as part of the EU-funded Education Enhancement Programme (EEP)
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"The current tensions in the energy sector illustrate once again the importance for Europe to build a strong and structured relationship with its Eastern neighbours, as it has already done with the countries of the Mediterranean and Latin America."
15-01-2009 - Joseph Daul, EPP-ED, Chairman of the EPP-ED
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“[The Union for the Mediterranean] can play an important role in addressing common challenges facing the Euro-Mediterranean region, such as economic and social development; world food security crisis; degradation of the environment, including climate change and desertification, with the view of promoting sustainable development; energy; migration; terrorism and extremism; as well as promoting dialogue between cultures.”
13-07-2008 - Joint Declaration of the Paris Summit for the Mediterranean
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