With reference to the meeting for Mediterranean EU member countries convened by Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras in Athens yesterday, Alternattiva Demokratika Chairperson Prof. Arnold Cassola, stated: “Alternattiva Demokratika looks positively at such intiatives. AD has always insisted on the implementation of a strategy for the Mediterranean. It strongly believes that such a macro-strategy would give added value to EU policies and regional development initiatives.”
“A joint position of Mediterranean countries on the major issues hitting the region – such as migration, integration, terrorism, peaceful co-existence in a multicultural society and unemployment could be instrumental for the creation of a really effective European policy in these areas. In this respect, it would be desirable that both EU Mediterranean member states as well as non-EU Mediterranean member states cooperate together to ensure that the Central Mediterranean prospers economically, socially and environmentally”.
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Il-laqgħa UE – Mediterran imsejjħa minn Tsipras pass importanti
B’riferenza għal-laqgħa għall-pajjiżi tal-Mediterran membri tal-Unjoni Ewropea mgħajta ‘l-bieraħ mill-Prim Ministru Grieg Alexis Tsipras, iċ-Chairperson ta’ Alternattiva Demokratika, il-Prof. Arnold Cassola, qal:”Alternattiva Demokratika tħares b’mod pożittiv lejn din l-inizjattiva. AD dejjem insistiet li tiġi fis-seħħ strateġija għall-Mediterran. AD temmen bis-sħih li strateġija wiesgħa tkun ta’ valur għall-politika Ewropea u għal inizjattivi ta’ żvilupp reġjonali.”
“Pożizzjoni komuni tal-pajjiżi tal-Mediterran dwar il-problemi ewlenin li qed jolqtu ir-reġjun – bħall-migrazzjoni, l-integrazzjoni, it-teroriżmu, l-konvivenza paċifika f’soċjeta’ multikulturali u l-qgħad – tkun ta’ siwi biex tinħoloq politika Ewropea tabilħaqq effettiva f’dawn l-oqsma. Ikun ukoll awgurabbli li kemm il-pajjiżi mediterranji membri tal-UE kif ukoll stati mediterranji li mhux membri jistgħu jaħdmu flimkien ħafna aktar biex jiżguraw li ċ-Ċentru tal-Mediterran jistagħna ekonomikament, soċjalment u ekoloġikament.”
