European Parliament
Mario Mauro  (PPE ),
in writing.
(IT)
Opening up markets and gradual integration into the internal market of the European Union are the only effective instrument for developing southern Mediterranean countries and can contribute to mitigating the poverty and unemployment which lie at the root of the recent revolts in the Middle East. For these reasons, the European Union must be willing to make sufficient trade concessions. I voted in favour of the joint motion for a resolution.

