Traduction de «ministre du tourisme et du commerce » (Français → Anglais) :

The Spanish Minister of Industry, Tourism and Trade made this very clear when presenting the Spanish Presidency’s priorities to the relevant committee of the European Parliament on 27 January 2010.

16. Takes the view that the creation of a Council of Foreign Ministers, as part of the ongoing reform of the Council, which would be responsible only for matters of foreign and security policy and which could also include Ministers for defence, external trade and development cooperation, could shape the EU's conflict prevention policy and crisis management much more coherently and effectively; repeats, however, its demand that a separate Council of Ministers for Defence should be created for ESDP matters;

Following the recent informal meeting of tourism ministers and the stakeholders’ seminar organised by the Spanish Presidency, can the Commission indicate what concrete measures it will propose to boost the European tourist industry, given the particular importance of the industry and job-creation potential within regions which, because of their peripheral location, have few other generators of economic growth and prosperity?

The recent meeting of tourism ministers at Santander has shown that we are truly engaged in working together for the future of European tourism.

Following the recent informal meeting of tourism ministers and the stakeholders' seminar organised by the Spanish Presidency, can the Commission indicate what concrete measures it will propose to boost the European tourist industry, given the particular importance of the industry and job-creation potential within regions which, because of their peripheral location, have few other generators of economic growth and prosperity?

Finally, for future revisions of the Annexes of Regulation 539/2001, economic and trade considerations will also be taken into account, in line with the new criteria for assessing visa waivers that the co-legislators will shortly adopt; a new Article will be inserted in Regulation 539/2001 as follows: “The purpose of this Regulation is to determine those third countries whose nationals are subject to or exempt from the visa requirement, based on a case-by-case assessment of a variety of criteria relating, inter alia, to illegal immigration, public policy and security, the economic benefits, in particular in terms of tourism and foreign trade, ...[+++]and the Union’s external relations with relevant third countries including, in particular, human rights and fundamental freedoms considerations, as well as the implications of regional coherence and reciprocity”.