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In light of the French Presidency's priorities in relation to mobility in education and lifelong learning, does the Council agree that a European Year for volunteering 2011 would be an ideal way in which the Council could promote mobility through voluntary activities for all generations throughout the EU?

Taking account of the structural social and economic situation of Guadeloupe, French Guiana, Martinique, Réunion, Saint-Barthélemy, Saint-Martin, the Azores, Madeira and the Canary Islands, which is compounded by their remoteness, insularity, small size, difficult topography and climate, economic dependence on a few products, the permanence and combination of which severely restrain their development, the Council, on a proposal from the Commission and after consulting the European Parliament, shall adopt specific measures aimed, in particular, at laying down the conditions of application of the Treaties to those regions, including common policies.

The above paragraph is intended to ensure compliance with the resolution of the Council of Ministers of Industry of 5 December 2000 under the French Presidency on facilitating the access of shipbuilding to research aid.

A question arises, therefore, concerning the interpretation of Article 10(a) of the Protocol on Privileges and Immunities; do the words ‘in the territory of their own State’ mean that the applicable provisions are German (in view of the time when the offence was committed) or French (in view of the fact that efforts to obtain the waiver of immunity are still on-going)?

I should like to ask the French Presidency if, taking account of all this and taking account of the fact that a large slice of Iraq's oil revenues is blocked in a bank, and a French bank at that, in New York, it plans to take any initiatives during the French presidency in order to put an end to this dictatorial regime imposed by the United States at a massive cost to the people and children of Iraq.

28. Notes that the strengthening of this policy is one of the priorities of the French Presidency; calls on the Council Presidency and the Commission to translate this political will into concrete measures without delay, to contribute to the finalisation of all negotiations currently underway on all bilateral association agreements and the consolidation of the MEDA programme both quantitatively and qualitatively, so that it may better respond to the priority to be attached to Mediterranean policy in the future; calls on the French Presidency to carry out an in‑depth review of five years of partnership with a view to making Euro‑Mediter ...[+++]ranean policy and its instruments more effective;