Traduction de «Politique des transports de l'Union européenne » (Français → Anglais) :

36. Emphasises the importance of sectoral cooperation, given the growing level of interdependence, particularly in areas such as energy security, environment and climate change, education, information technology, research, transport, social development and inclusion, employment and job creation and health cooperation; stresses that enhanced sectoral cooperation could foster synergies between EU and ENP internal policies; considers, in this context, that more partner countries should be encouraged to conclude protocols with the EU on ...[+++] participation in Community programmes and agencies; welcomes, in this connection, the accession of the Republic of Moldova and Ukraine to the Energy Community;

Takes note of Turkey’s increasingly active foreign policy aimed at strengthening its role as regional player; urges the Vice-President of the Commission / High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy to take this dimension fully into consideration and engage with Turkey with a view to the coordination of objectives and the proper promotion of EU interests; calls on the Turkish Government to step up its foreign policy coordination with the EU; welcomes, in principle, the recently pronounced ‘zero-problems’ policy in respect of Turkey’s neighbours but points out the need to maintain Turkey’s unambiguous commitment to o ...[+++]ur common European values and interests; calls on the Vice-President of the Commission / High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy to intensify the existing dialogue with Turkey on foreign policy issues of mutual interest; in light of the inspiration Turkey provides to many in the Arab world, as a secular democracy with a majority Muslim population, strongly encourages the pursuit of concerted efforts in support of democratisation and development in the Middle East and Northern Africa;

Emphasises that the Lisbon Treaty defines EU trade policy as an integral and relevant part of the Union’s overall external action and that trade policy can play a decisive and positive role in creating wealth, enhancing economic and political relations between peoples and countries, ensuring peace and addressing development, environmental and social objectives, and that these policies must complement each other mutually in order to achieve the objectives set out in the Treaty on European ...[+++] Union; considers that modern European trade policy can play an important role in achieving the UN Millennium Development Goals and fulfilling international commitments to human rights, food security and environmental sustainability;

Incidentally, the report is most timely, because, with regard to all issues concerning foreign policy as a whole, in other words, the Union’s policy towards the rest of the world, security policy in all its aspects and defence policy, the European Parliament is clearly in a state of change.

In addition there are requirements for statistics in sectors sensitive for the accession negotiations, supporting primary EU policies such as agriculture, transport, regional and environment.

21. Invites the Member States to agree within the framework of the IGC for the addition of a new chapter on the employment policy of the Union and the Member States in the new Treaty, which looks for the added value inherent in the European Union's common policies for promoting employment, solidarity and social cohesion, and referring to objectives, procedures and criteria for the coordination of the policy of the Union and the Member States with the aim of creating meaningful, high-quality jobs while maintaining a high degree of soci ...[+++]al protection, to coincide with the struggle against long-term unemployment and social exclusion;