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11:31 - 04.05.2011
The EURONEST Parliamentary Assembly, bringing together MEPs with
elected representatives from the EU's eastern neighbour countries,
held its inaugural meeting on Tuesday. The aim of the body is to
provide a parliamentary dimension to the EU's eastern neighbourhood
policy. "We have created a powerful tool today," said EURONEST
Co-President-elect Kristian Vigenin (S&D, BG) at the end of the
constituent meeting.
The EURONEST Parliamentary Assembly's constituent meeting was opened
by EP President Jerzy Buzek, who observed that the democratic reform
processes of the eastern partner countries must be strengthened.
"Stable countries can only be democratic countries; democracy is the
only way to stability," he said. He added that the Parliamentary
Assembly was crucial in bringing citizens of this region closer
together. "If we want more cooperation and more integration, we have
to start with parliamentary cooperation, because it represents
contacts between people," he said.
The Parliamentary Assembly adopted and signed its constitutive act,
approved its rules of procedure, set up two working groups (on Belarus
and the Rules of Procedure) and formed four committees (one on
Political Affairs, Human Rights and Democracy; one on Economic
Affairs, legal approximation and convergence with EU policies, one on
Energy Security and one on Culture, Education and Civil Society).
It also elected its two Co-Presidents, Messrs Vigenin and Tarasyuk, as
well as 8 Vice-Presidents, to form a Bureau: Vahan Hovhannesyan
(Armenia), Elkhan Suleymanov (Azerbaijan), David Darchiashvili
(Georgia), Igor Corman (Moldova), Traian Ungurenau (EPP, RO), Ryszard
Czarnecki (ECR, PL), Gerben-Jan Gerbrandy (ALDE, NL) and Jacek
Saryusz-Wolski (EPP, PL).
The EURONEST Parliamentary Assembly was devised to provide a
parliamentary dimension to the EU's eastern partnership, as part of
the EU's neighbourhood policy. It consists of 60 MEPs and 10 MPs from
each of the five eastern partner countries. Belarus is a special case:
although a part of the eastern neighbourhood, there was much
discussion about how to allow its participation in EURONEST without
giving legitimacy to Alexander Lukashenko's regime. In the end, the
constituent meeting was held without any representatives from Belarus
in attendance.
From: A. Papazian
yerkir.am
11:31 - 04.05.2011
The EURONEST Parliamentary Assembly, bringing together MEPs with
elected representatives from the EU's eastern neighbour countries,
held its inaugural meeting on Tuesday. The aim of the body is to
provide a parliamentary dimension to the EU's eastern neighbourhood
policy. "We have created a powerful tool today," said EURONEST
Co-President-elect Kristian Vigenin (S&D, BG) at the end of the
constituent meeting.
The EURONEST Parliamentary Assembly's constituent meeting was opened
by EP President Jerzy Buzek, who observed that the democratic reform
processes of the eastern partner countries must be strengthened.
"Stable countries can only be democratic countries; democracy is the
only way to stability," he said. He added that the Parliamentary
Assembly was crucial in bringing citizens of this region closer
together. "If we want more cooperation and more integration, we have
to start with parliamentary cooperation, because it represents
contacts between people," he said.
The Parliamentary Assembly adopted and signed its constitutive act,
approved its rules of procedure, set up two working groups (on Belarus
and the Rules of Procedure) and formed four committees (one on
Political Affairs, Human Rights and Democracy; one on Economic
Affairs, legal approximation and convergence with EU policies, one on
Energy Security and one on Culture, Education and Civil Society).
It also elected its two Co-Presidents, Messrs Vigenin and Tarasyuk, as
well as 8 Vice-Presidents, to form a Bureau: Vahan Hovhannesyan
(Armenia), Elkhan Suleymanov (Azerbaijan), David Darchiashvili
(Georgia), Igor Corman (Moldova), Traian Ungurenau (EPP, RO), Ryszard
Czarnecki (ECR, PL), Gerben-Jan Gerbrandy (ALDE, NL) and Jacek
Saryusz-Wolski (EPP, PL).
The EURONEST Parliamentary Assembly was devised to provide a
parliamentary dimension to the EU's eastern partnership, as part of
the EU's neighbourhood policy. It consists of 60 MEPs and 10 MPs from
each of the five eastern partner countries. Belarus is a special case:
although a part of the eastern neighbourhood, there was much
discussion about how to allow its participation in EURONEST without
giving legitimacy to Alexander Lukashenko's regime. In the end, the
constituent meeting was held without any representatives from Belarus
in attendance.
From: A. Papazian