Traduction de «Région de refus la plus puissante » (Français → Anglais) :

G. whereas Croatia’s successful accession will have wider European and regional implications and will give positive impetus to the process of European integration in both the EU and the Western Balkan region; whereas the prospect of EU membership is a powerful incentive for candidate and potential candidate countries in the region, on the path to European integration, to pursue the necessary political, economic and legislative reforms and the strengthening of peace, stability and reconciliation based on good-neighbourly relations; w ...[+++]hereas the EU should reinforce the European perspective for Croatia’s neighbouring countries and constantly encourage those countries to fulfil their obligations on their own route to full EU membership;

Moreover, the compulsory nature of the SGEI mission implies that the provider of the network to be deployed will not be able to refuse access to the infrastructure on a discretionary and/or discriminatory basis (because for instance, it may not be commercially profitable to provide access services to a given area).

From that point of view, Porto Alegre III is no longer simply the anti-Davos demonstration that Porto Alegre I was. These are citizens disputing and rejecting the inevitability of a globalisation devoted to increasing the wealth of the wealthiest, to leaving the poorest on the touchline and destroying the environment. They reject globalisation with institutions and rules that are strong and inflexible when it comes to defending the economic and commercial interests of the powerful and their businesses but weak when it comes to defending social rights, upholding the Kyoto protocol or combating tax havens. This is therefore a highly legitimate protest even in terms of the principles and values ...[+++] of the European Union. Above all, it is an attempt to impose globalised solidarity, or responsible globalisation.

The ambiguity of the pre-accession procedure prevents real cooperation between Turkey and Europe from developing along healthy and clear lines, even if there is a powerful common interest for Turkey – with its influence and weight and the privileged relations it now has with the Turkish-speaking countries of central Asia – to be a powerful stabilising factor in a region which is in great need of stability.

2. In this context the Council: - reaffirms the strategic importance of a strong GCC regional group capable of playing a progressively more important role in the economic, political and security spheres. - recognizes the role that the GCC countries can play in support of the EU's global strategy for strengthening relations with its partners, and in particular with the Mediterranean and Middle East area; - emphasizing its commitment to follow up and implement successfully the conclusions and recommendations of the Granada Troika Minis ...[+++]terial Meeting, reaffirms the need for strong, mutually beneficial EU-GCC relations; - agrees to reinforce EU-GCC ministerial political cooperation by holding regular meetings at senior official level to discuss all aspects of a bilateral, regional and international political and security issues of common interest, including regional security, the Middle East peace process, the prevention of terrorism, and human rights.

We have submitted proposals to the Conference on Political Union which would strengthen our partnership with the regions by creating within the Treaty a larger, more democratic and stronger successor to the present Consultative Committee of Regional and Local Authorities.