European Parliament
Hélène Goudin, Nils Lundgren and Lars Wohlin (IND/DEM ),
in writing.
(SV)
Generally speaking, the June List supports the EU’s neighbourhood policy because it is aimed at strengthening democracy and promoting trade and prosperity in countries within the EU’s immediate vicinity. We are therefore voting in favour of the report in the final vote.
We believe that the instruments for the neighbourhood policy need to be flexible and cost-effective. There must be clear requirements for following up the results.
The neighbourhood policy should be limited to issues concerning cooperation on trade, democracy and human rights. It must not, as it is at present, be used for extending the EU’s sphere of interest through the common foreign and security policy.

