The MEPs of the Committee on Foreign Affairs were quite enthusiastic, on Friday 12 February, about the European Commission’s new strategy for the Southern Neighbourhood, presented on Tuesday 9 February (see EUROPE B12654A8).
“We are delighted to see this initiative on the part of the Commission”, stressed Andrey Kovatchev (Bulgaria), on behalf of the EPP, during a debate with the Commissioner for Neighbourhood Policy, Olivér Várhelyi. “I believe that this ambitious new agenda,...