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EUROMED: FIRST
EMYP SESSION IN BERLIN CLOSE ON A HIGH
(ANSAmed) - BERLIN, JUNE 4 - The approval of the resolutions for
inter-cultural dialogue to submit to the European Parliament marked
the end of the first session of the Euro-Mediterranean Youth
Parliament (EMYP) in Berlin on Saturday in which 100 young people
from 38 European, North African and Middle East states took part.
There is no decision yet on where the organisational structures of
EMYP will be headquartered, candidates include France, Egypt,
Morocco and Italy. Martina Scheggi, working for the 'labour
committee', claims that "if the new seat will be in Naples, at the
Mediterraneo Foundation, it has to be representative for all the
members of the Parliament;" the final decision will be of EMYP
anyway. The promotion of exchange of young Euro-Mediterranean
students and workers and the creation of cultural events and centres
to spread the cultures of the two coasts are two of the approved
amendments: Italian Ouidad Bakkali, migration committee, said that
"integration of the migrants can be favoured also through improving
their image in the media." The opening to other cultures takes place
only "if onés own culture is not treated as if it were a sacred cow"
a young "member of parliament" said during the debate held in the
seat of the regional parliament of Berlin. All the amendments to
encourage Euro-Mediterranean dialogue and "to favour the movement
not only of goods and services, but also of people" were approved by
more than a two-third majority of the assembly. Representatives of
the 27 EU states as well as delegates from Algeria, Egypt, Jordan,
Israel, Lebanon, Morocco, Mauritania, Syria, the Palestinian
Territories, Tunisia and Turkey took part in the event in Berlin,
preceded by three days of preparation in ten separate committees
which were followed by the plenary session of Friday and Saturday.
(ANSAmed). 2007-06-04 09:32 |
