Traduction de «système économique latino-américain et caribéen » (Français → Anglais) :

An example of this is what is known as ‘Operation Miracle’, as a result of which, and with resources provided mainly by Venezuela, more than 208 000 blind Latin Americans and Caribbeans had their sight restored in 2005 following free operations in Cuba.

65. Urges Mercosur to successfully complete the preparations for setting up the future Mercosur Parliament with representatives from the various national parliaments; takes the view that the creation of an inter-parliamentary delegation formed by members of the Mercosur Parliament and Members of the European Parliament could help achieve greater participation by the European Parliament in driving these negotiations; points out, furthermore, that contacts between the EU and Mercosur would thus be strengthened, and the integration process would be boosted with the necessary participation of civil society in the form, inter alia, of the social partners, economic operators ...[+++] and social agents of the two regions, which would lend the process greater legitimacy; in this connection, pledges its support for the establishment of a Euro-Latin American Parliamentary Assembly comprising Members of the European Parliament and of the Latin American integration parliaments;

The particularly acute social inequalities that continue to affect most Latin American countries erode democratic legitimacy and undermine the economic performance of these emerging countries.

3. Urges the Council and Commission to step up cooperation between the EU and Latin America by means of a stronger economic commitment on the part of the EU to existing economic groupings such as Mercosur or the Andean Group, to ensure that the EU does not become increasingly marginalised as an economic partner in Latin America as a result of the USA’s ‘Initiative for the Americas’;

We feel encouraged in our commitment by the fact that the ratifications that have already been registered and those that will take place in the very near future are from States on all continents, predominantly European, African and Latin American States so far, with different legal systems and levels of economic and social development.

The main objectives of the new Joint Strategy must, in line with the priorities adopted in Rio, be political, such as with the extension of the Bi-Regional Political Agenda; the update and revision of political dialogue at ministerial level and the creation of a EU-Latin American Transatlantic Assembly; economic, financial and commercial, such as the conclusion of various Association Agreements and the creation of a EU-Latin America Free Trade Area, which is planned for 2010, and social and cultural, such as the creation of a Bi-regional Solidarity Fund and a global plan to combat drugs, amongst others.