. – Jag delar föredragandens engagemang i fråga om Europeiska unionens strategiska behov att etablera ett närmare samarbete med Latinamerika som helhet. ###>We should, therefore, promote relations with those countries that are mutually beneficial, both to the countries and Member States involved and to the EU as a whole and also to the balance of intercontinental socio-economic and geo-strategic relations. I have therefore voted in favour of this report.