“The European Union should closely cooperate with the CE in respect to rapid integration of all countries of the continent into a common European family,” Van der Branden, a member of the PACE political commission, stated in Strasbourg on Thursday, special correspodent of Trend reports from Strasbourg. He submitted a document on EU’s New Neighborhood Policy 10996.
Brandan noted that if the EU establishes comfortable house, it is necessary to take care of neighbors. “We speak about Caucasus, Russia, Ukraine, as well as Palestine and Iran. They all are EU neighbors. He reminded that initially the EU was established as an economic partnership of 6 countries, while now we speak about political unity of 25 states,” Branden noted.
“How to develop partnership further? The Parliamentary Assembly is an excellent forum for monitoring the countries out of the EU,” a member of the PACE Political Commission said, underlining that for us all with the EU and out it is necessary to ensure the superiority of the law and human rights. “Now we aspire to equal partnership and call on the concrete organizations of the EU to cooperation with the Council of Europe. The EU should not set up new establishment for the implementation of programs on new neighborhood. The Council of Europe has good experience, which should be used,” said the Dutch MP.