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Le Conseil de l’Europe a dévoilé
une initiative de 4,8 millions d’euros sur trois ans visant à renforcer la
démocratie et le respect des droits de l’Homme au sud de la Méditerranée.
Le
projet élaboré par le plus ancien organisme politique du continent compte aider
le Maroc et la Tunisie à opérer leur transition démocratique suite au printemps
arable, en leur offrant son expérience et son expertise qui résultent de plus
de 60 ans de réforme politique en Europe, a expliqué à EurActiv Pilar Morales
lors d’un entretien exclusif.
Pilar Morales est responsable de
la planification stratégique et de la mobilisation des ressources au Conseil de
l’Europe, ainsi que de la coopération avec les pays de la Méditerranée du sud. Elle s’est confiée à Marc Hall pour
EurActiv.
What was discussed today [7 September]?
The main purpose of today’s meeting was to
present a programme which was launched in January 2012 with the European Union
with a view to supporting the democratic transition in southern Mediterranean
countries, in particular Morocco and Tunisia. But there’s also a regional
component in the programme involving other countries in the region. The purpose
of today’s meeting was to present the programme in particular to a number of
countries that so far have not been involved in this - we’ve already had
discussions in depth with Morocco and Tunisia - and to officially launch the
programme, even though a number of activities have already taken place, in
particular in Morocco and Tunisia.
Is there a sense of starting off with
relatively unproblematic countries, at least in terms of foreign policy? You
also said other countries will be involved. Could you elaborate on this?
With Morocco and Tunisia we have discussed how
the programme can accompany the reform processes underway. I think that is very
important. I think it is very important to underline several things about this
programme. First of all, it is funded 100% by the EU but it implemented by the
Council of Europe. The Council of Europe has a number of tools in several
fields which are at the moment tools that can really support the reform process
underway.
Concerning the other countries, it was decided
that this programme would remain open to reinforce cooperation with other
countries of the region, and also to involve a dimension of reinforcement of
south-south cooperation which is an area which is very important to us. Other
countries should be involved. But these concerns are a very specific component,
with a purpose of promoting regional cooperation on human rights and democratic
citizenship.
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