BRUSSELS 05/12/06: EU Commissioner for External Relations and European Neighbourhood Policy,
Benita Ferrero-Waldner, set out yesterday new proposals to strengthen and further develop the
European Neighbourhood Policy (ENP).
The
European Liberal Youth (LYMEC), youth organization of the ELDR Party and ALDE Group in the European Parliament, wishes to express its satisfaction with some of the strong statements contained in the Commission’s Communication about the
absurd bureaucracy of visa procedures for EU neighbours, but at the same time wishes to stress its fundamental disagreement with parts of the general ENP strategy outlined in that Communication.
Today in Vilnius,
European Liberal Youth (LYMEC), together with its members in Lithuania -
Lithuanian Liberal Youth (LLJ) and Young Liberal Centrists (LCUJ) - and the
Young European Federalists (JEF), built up a huge symbolic visa wall resembling the Berlin Wall and demanded an immediate removal of the current visa regime dividing Europe.
The European Liberal Youth (LYMEC) welcomes with great joy the nomination of two new liberal commissioners on behalf of Romania and Bulgaria, Mr. Leonard Orban and Mrs. Meglena Kuneva. Both of them have played an important role in achieving the European integration of their countries as chief negotiators with the European Commission.