European Parliament
Manuel Medina Ortega (PSE ). –
(ES)
Thank you very much, Mr President-in-Office of the Council, for the information you have given us. I believe that it is quite complete and, above all, that it has focused to a great extent on the fight against terrorism, which is the immediate objective.
As you know, however, and as you have also mentioned, behind terrorism there is a more serious problem: the whole southern flank of the Mediterranean is suffering from great under-development and there is immense migratory pressure in the direction of the European Union. The figures I have seen in the financial perspectives approved recently by the Council talk of a total sum of EUR 800 million over a period of seven years. The European Parliament is currently being highly critical about this.
Does the President-in-Office of the Council believe that the figures included in the financial perspectives are sufficient to resolve these problems facing the southern flank of the Mediterranean?

