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TunisiaEuropean Union Council: Southern neighbourhood on the agenda
Here are excerpts of the High Representative/Vice-President Josep Borrell’s remarks upon arrival at the European Council on 10 December:
We have three important [external affairs] items today on the agenda of the European Union Council: we have Turkey, once again; we have our relations with the US and the prospects of the new presidency; and we have the Southern Neighbourhood.
The Southern Neighbourhood is a very important part of the world for us. We are closely working with them in order to push for their progress but we have to do more. I hope that the debate in the Council today will provide guidelines for this continued effort and to prepare the [Joint] Communication that the Commission will put forward in February.
We have just celebrated the anniversary of the Union for the Mediterranean in Barcelona. This was also an important event and I will inform the Council about this meeting.
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Link to the video: https://audiovisual.ec.europa.eu/en/video/I-200203
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Morocco
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