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The EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton visits Gaza
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Israel faced new international pressure over the deadlocked Middle East peace process with a visit by Catherine Ashton, the European Union’s new foreign policy chief, to the blockaded Gaza Strip. Ashton is the most senior european politic...
Combatants for Peace present their work in promoting peace in the Middle East
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Following the closing of the Anna Lindh Forum in Barcelona, representatives of the Israeli-Palestinian organization “Combatants for Peace”, winner of the Anna Lindh Euro-Med Award for Dialogue 2009, presented their work in promoting cooperatio...
PLENARY SESSION OF THE EMPA: Recommendation from the Cultural Committee
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The Euro-Mediterranean Parliamentary Assembly (EMPA) held the meeting of the plenary session last weekend in Amman, Jordan where the Recommendation of the Committee of Culture adopted the following themes: - « Our common history: Culture an...
SESSION PLENIERE DE L’APEM: Recommandation de la Commission de Culture
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Le week-end dernier, à Amman, en Jordanie, s’est tenue la réunion de la Session plénière de l’Assemblée Parlementaire Euromed (APEM) où la Recommandation de la Commission de Culture a été adopté avec les thèmes suivants: - «...
Euro-Med Assembly urges Palestinian state within two years
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The Euro-Mediterranean Assembly added its voice this weekend to calls for the establishment of a viable Palestinian state within two years. The state should be within the 1967 frontiers, said assembly members, and have East Jerusalem as its capital.
EU Renews Push for Mideast Peace Talks
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Middle East peace talks are “urgent”, EU High Representative Catherine Ashton has told the Arab League in Cairo at the start of a visit to the region. “These talks are urgent,” she said. “Urgent because I fear for the future. Urgent, bec...
Middle East conflict: build trust and freeze settlements, says EMPA
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The stalled Middle East peace talks dominated the sixth plenary session of the Euro-Mediterranean Parliamentary Assembly (EMPA), in Jordan (12-14 March). The Israeli policy of settlement building and the new housing projects in East Jerusalem were co...
European Paliament on Goldstone recommendations
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Respect for human rights by all parties to the Gaza conflict, independent investigations of alleged violations of human rights, a strong EU common position on the follow-up of the UN Goldstone report and close monitoring of its implementing measures...
EU condemns Israeli decision to build new houses in East Jerusalem
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The EU has condemned Israel’s decision to build new housing units in East Jerusalem, saying settlements undermined efforts to restart peace talks. In a declaration on behalf of the EU, High Representative Catherine Ashton said Israel should reve...
EMHRN: Le statut avancé doit se traduire par une relance des réformes démocratiques au Maroc
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Réaction et commentaires du Réseau Euro-Méditerranéen des Droits de l’Homme (REMDH) suite à la Déclaration conjointe publiée lors du premier Sommet UE-Maroc qui s’est tenu le 7 Mars 2010 à Grenade. Le REMDH note avec satisfaction que...
Vers la création d’une banque de développement pour la Méditerranée?
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Le vice-président de la Banque européenne d’investissement (BEI), Philippe de Fontaine Vive, a annoncé à Bruxelles que cette institution financière prépare actuellement un rapport préliminaire sur la création d’une « Ban...
Ha’aretz Editorial: U.S. is proving it wants Mideast peace – now it’s Israel’s turn
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The visit to Israel this week by U.S. Vice President Joseph Biden, along with American Middle East envoy George Mitchell’s meetings here, testify to the United States’ readiness to not miss the opportunity to advance the peace process. Th...
Econostrum: Les milliards pleuvent sur la Méditerranée… en ordre dispersé
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Prêts, subventions et investissements en hausse, créations de nouveaux fonds et de nouveaux dispositifs financiers… : en 2009, la Méditerranée a bénéficié d’un soutien appuyé des grandes institutions financières. L’argent e...
Remarques de Herman VAN ROMPUY, Président du Conseil européen, au sommet UE-MAROC
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Je voudrais tout d’abord remercier José Luis Zapatero et les Autorités espagnoles pour avoir accueilli cet important Sommet à Granada. Cette ville merveilleuse représente une synthèse vivante des civilisations qui bordent les deux rives de la...
Déclaration conjointe Sommet Union Européenne-Maroc (Grenade, 7 mars 2010)
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Le Sommet Union européenne-Maroc s’est tenu à Grenade (Espagne) le 7 mars 2010 à l’invitation de M. José Luis Rodrìguez Zapatero, Président du Gouvernement espagnol. L’Union européenne (UE) était représentée par M. Herman Van...
International Women’s Day: Call for Action for women’s rights and equal participation in Euro-Mediterranean region (EMHRN)
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On the 8th March 2010, the centenary of International Women’s Day, the Euro-Mediterranean Human Rights Network (EMHRN) – representing 76 human rights organisations located across the region – regrets the limited progress being made to protect a...
Ashton announces Gaza trip ahead of Quartet talks
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The European Union’s foreign policy chief, Catherine Ashton, said Saturday she was planning to visit Gaza during a Middle East trip later this month. It would be the first high-level visit in over a year of an EU representative to Gaza, which i...
Seize diplomates français demandent à Sarkozy une initiative pour relancer les négociations entre Israéliens et Palestiniens
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Seize hauts diplomates français «qui ont terminé leur mission publique » viennent d’adresser au Président Sarkozy une lettre ouverte dans laquelle ils suggèrent que la France prenne une initiative pour relancer les négociation...
Building a Common Future: The Anna Lindh Forum 2010 is launched
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The Anna Lindh Forum for Intercultural Dialogue started the 4th March at Barcelona’s International Convention Forum, with the collective participation of civil society representatives from the two shores of the Mediterranean, as well as leading i...
Ahmad Masa’deh in Barcelona: « Growth and security on both sides of the Mediterranean Union »
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« I will do all I can so to ensure that this body promotes growth and security on both sides of the Mediterranean Union, » said the first General Secretary of the Union for the Mediterranean, Jordan’s Ahmad Masa’deh,...
