Traduction de «the improvement the environment the mediterranean » (Anglais → Français) :

the improvement of the environment of the Mediterranean

9. Calls on the Commission and the VP/HR to set up a comprehensive framework for the external dimension of the Energy Union, with a specific focus on the promotion of strategic partnerships with energy-producing and transit third countries, in particular within the European neighbourhood and with regard to enlargement policies, based on shared common values; this should take into account the current state of regional cooperation and the planning and development of major strategic infrastructure projects and rapid mobilisation of funds for existing ones, including developing alternative routes and energy suppliers for those Member States currently dependent on a single supplier and those identified as energy islands; highlights the importa ...[+++]nce of the energy partnership with southern Mediterranean and Eastern Partnership countries and considers it should occupy a relevant place in the ongoing review of the European Neighbourhood Policy; stresses that extending energy infrastructure as well as energy governance legislation into the European Energy Community will contribute to greater stability and an improved investment environment in the EU’s immediate vicinity;

The Barcelona Convention of 1976, amended in 1995, and the Protocols drawn up in line with this Convention aim to protect and improve the marine and coastal environment in the Mediterranean, whilst promoting regional and national plans contributing to sustainable development.

We are mutually dependent in political terms as partners endeavouring to pacify the Middle East and working to promote pluralism and democracy; dependent in cultural terms with regard to the promotion of the urgently needed in-depth dialogue between cultures and religions; dependent in environmental terms because, with a shared Mediterranean coast over 46 000 kilometres long, problems such as climate change, marine pollution and the challenges of improving the environment are ...[+++] the same for all; dependent in terms of energy policy because of the supplies of oil and natural gas originating from or channelled via the Mediterranean area; and dependent particularly in demographic terms, as dialogue with North African countries is needed on the solution to issues surrounding both legal and illegal migration.

(EN)The Commission has undertaken a number of important initiatives towards improving its cooperation with Mediterranean partner countries and thereby contributing to an increased protection of the Mediterranean environment.