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NEWSLETTER - JANUARY 2009 - MR BORG IN CAEN TO TALK ABOUT THE ATLANTIC ARC - WWW.CRPM.ORG |
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OMRs ILLUSTRATING HOW TO IMPLEMENT TERRITORIAL COHESION 
Margie Sudre is a Regional Councillor for La Réunion (FR) and Member of the European Parliament, sitting on the Regional Development and Fisheries Committees. She formerly served as State Secretary for the French-speaking Community under Alain Juppé’s government (1995-1997), and is currently Chair of the French delegation of the EPP-ED and Chair of the European Parliament’s Tourism Intergroup. Enrico Mayrhofer: Mrs Sudre, why is this lengthy debate on territorial cohesion, initiated by the European Commission and presently under discussion at the Parliament, so important for the Outermost Regions? Margie Sudre: The Lisbon Treaty, which is still in the process of adoption by the twenty-seven member states, defines economic, social and territorial cohesion as one of the Union’s priorities... JOE BORG PARTICIPES IN THE CPMR ATLANTIC ARC COMMISSION POLITICAL BUREAU 
The President of the Region of Basse-Normandie and the CPMR Atlantic Arc Commission, Laurent Beauvais, will host the next AAC Political Bureau on 12 February 2009 in Caen (FR) in the presence of a notable guest, as the European Commissioner for fisheries and maritime affairs, Joe Borg, will attend this meeting. The arrival of Commissioner Borg coincides with what is currently a very busy time for maritime policy issues. As the Green Paper on the future of the common fisheries policy (CFP) will be published shortly, Commissioner Borg will be invited to outline the paper’s major guidelines. The publication of the Green Paper will represent a starting point for a large public consultation which the Atlantic Arc Commission will participate in... AN EXAMPLE OF CLIMATE CHANGE IN AFRICA 
Climate change does not only concern the Arctic countries. Abdelkebir Berkia, President of the Region of Rabat-Sale-Zemmour-Zaër and Secretary General of the International Association of French-speaking Regions (AIRF), is witnessing climate change related problems on the African continent too, especially in Morocco. CPMR: Mr Berkia, how important are the Regions in the fight against climate change at global level? Abdelkebir Berkia: Up to now, governments have met only on the basis of state interests, ignoring the realities on the ground. Regional leaders on the other hand are in contact both with the grassroots and the top level and take into account the concerns of the general public. This is where world summits of Regions come into their own, like the one in October in Saint-Malo which analysed the issues specific to different citizens within their territory. This means that information can be channelled from the bottom up to the highest level!...
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