Benefits of EU's new Mediterranean agenda "must reach beyond capitals"

Recommendations by local and regional politicians highlight concerns about access to COVID vaccines and "huge" regional inequalities within Mediterranean countries.

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Wednesday, February 24, 2021
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Union for the Mediterranean, ARLEM, Politics of Europe, Nasser Kamel, European Commissioner for Neighbourhood and Enlargement, Continents, UFM, Europe
Summary
Key Points: 
  • Recommendations by local and regional politicians highlight concerns about access to COVID vaccines and "huge" regional inequalities within Mediterranean countries.
  • ARLEM's
    plenary meeting on 22 February was addressed by both the secretary-general of the Union for the Mediterranean (UfM) and the European Commissioner for Neighbourhood and Enlargement.
  • Nasser Kamel, Secretary-General of the
    Union for the Mediterranean , said:"No person, organisation or region can face the amplitude of the current challenges on their own.
  • In that respect, the 42 Member States of the Union for the Mediterranean will only succeed by working closely with local and regional authorities.
  • The ARLEM plenary adopted two reports, both of them covering aspects highlighted in the proposed New Agenda.
  • One of the reports on " A new Green Deal for the Mediterranean: the Agenda 2030 for a Greener Mediterranean " was drafted by
    Agns Rampal (FR/EPP), Deputy Mayor of Nice.
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