European Parliament
A7-0010/2012
Silvia-Adriana Ţicău  (S&D ).
(RO)
Mr President, I would like to highlight the importance of intensifying the industrial cooperation in the field of space policy between the European Union and BRICS countries.
As a member of the European Parliament delegations for relations with Mercosur and India, I emphasise the importance of the EU-Mercosur association agreement, which will be the most important association agreement ever signed by the European Union and which is aimed at trade worth USD 125 billion annually. I would also like to emphasise Brazil’s role as a main actor in the Mercosur region, and welcome the renewal of the EU-Brazil strategic partnership, the Joint Action Plan 2012-2014. We regret that the EU-Brazil agreement on air transport was not signed at the EU-Brazil summit in October 2011.
As far as the EU-India relations are concerned, special attention should be given to the cooperation in the cyber security field and the protection of personal data. I appreciate the role of the European Investment Bank, who has allocated EUR 1 billion through the renewable energy and energy security facility for energy projects in India.

