Official visit by Martin SCHULZ, EP President to Tunisia.&nbsp;meeting with Mohamed ENNACEUR, President of the Assembly and&nbsp;statement at the Assembly of the Representatives of the People

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EU - Tunisia (T)

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SCHULZ, Martin (S&D, DE)

Tunis

MBAREK, Sonia (TN)

Official visit by Martin SCHULZ, EP President to Tunisia: meeting with Mohamed ENNACEUR, President of the Assembly and statement at the Assembly of the Representatives of people

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Arrival at the Assembly of the representatives of people

Handshake Martin SCHULZ, EP President and Mohamed ENNACEUR, President of the Assembly

SOUNDBITE (French): Martin SCHULZ, EP President:  In this place where we resonate the vitality and diversity of the Tunisian society, I would like to pay tribute who those who gave their life in the fight for liberty,dignity and democracy. I would like to say how I admire the action of this Assembly made under the Presidency of my close friend Mustapha Ben Jaffar to give a Constitution to Tunisia that garanties the fundamental rights, freedom of expression and equality between all. --(Original)-- En ce lieu o&ugrave; r&eacute;sonnent la vitalit&eacute; et la diversit&eacute; de la soci&eacute;t&eacute; tunisienne, je voudrais commencer par rendre hommage &agrave; tous ceux qui ont pay&eacute; de leur vie ce combat pour la libert&eacute;, la dignit&eacute; et la d&eacute;mocratie. Je voudrais dire mon admiration pour ce travail remarquable accompli par l'Assembl&eacute;e Constituante, sous la pr&eacute;sidence de Mostapha Ben Jaafar, pour doter la Tunisie d'une constitution o&ugrave; sont garanties les libert&eacute;s fondamentales, la libert&eacute; de conscience et l'&eacute;galit&eacute; entre tous.

SOUNDBITE (French): Martin SCHULZ, EP President: I would like to underline the courage, the vision and the sense of responsability of a women and men from the civil society who have decided to regain control on the Tunisian destiny with imposing dialogue and compromise. Today your country stands out with it's model of pluralism and tolerance in the region. --(Original)-- Je voudrais saluer le courage, la vision et le sens des responsabilit&eacute;s de femmes et d'hommes, issus de la soci&eacute;t&eacute; civile, qui d&eacute;cid&egrave;rent, dans un moment d&rsquo;incertitude, de reprendre en main le destin politique de la Tunisie, en imposant la voie du dialogue et du compromis. Votre pays &eacute;merge aujourd'hui comme un mod&egrave;le de pluralisme et de tol&eacute;rance dans la r&eacute;gion.

SOUNDBITE (French), Martin SCHULZ, EP President, The Nobel Prize which was awarded to the National Quartet is the final point of this exceptional course of the Tunisian people that everybody can admire and respect. --(Original)-- Le Prix Nobel d&eacute;cern&eacute; au Quartet National vient couronner ce parcours exceptionnel du peuple tunisien qui force l'admiration et le respect de tous.

SOUNDBITE (French), Martin SCHULZ, EP President, Allow me to say that this choice of democracy and state of justice will be irreversible only from the moment when those reforms are felt by all citizens, when they will feel the difference in their daily lives, so that there is a difference between before and after the revolution. --(Original)-- Permettez-moi d'ajouter cependant, que le choix de la d&eacute;mocratie et de l&rsquo;&Eacute;tat de droit ne sera irr&eacute;versible qu'&agrave; partir du moment o&ugrave; ces r&eacute;formes seront ressenties par les citoyens dans leur vie quotidienne et qu'ils verront la diff&eacute;rence entre l'avant et l'apr&egrave;s r&eacute;volution

SOUNDBITE (French), Martin SCHULZ, EP President, The economic recovery which was foreseen to be relaunched in 2015, in a smoother situation, had been interrupted by these odious terrorist attacks, attacking the museum of Bardo, the city of Sousse and the Presidential garde. We have felt your pain deeply in ourselves because these unbearable acts are committed against the whole humanity. --(Original)-- La reprise &eacute;conomique, que nous pensions enfin relanc&eacute;e en 2015 dans un climat apais&eacute;, a &eacute;t&eacute; interrompue par les attentats terroristes odieux qui ont touch&eacute; le mus&eacute;e du Bardo, la ville de Sousse et la garde pr&eacute;sidentielle. Nous avons ressenti votre douleur au plus profond de nous-m&ecirc;me car ces actes insupportables sont commis contre l&rsquo;humanit&eacute; toute enti&egrave;re,

SOUNDBITE (French), Martin SCHULZ, EP President, The jihadist terrorism is a global phenomenon, but we must pay attention to the wrong answers : it would be dangerous to fall into the trap of an 'overall security'. You can count on the mobilisation of EU to help you with financial and technical support by responding to the need as it was expressed by the Tunisian governement. --(Original)-- Le terrorisme djihadiste est un ph&eacute;nom&egrave;ne global. Mais gardons-nous des fausses r&eacute;ponses car il serait dangereux de tomber dans le pi&egrave;ge du "tout s&eacute;curitaire".

SOUNDBITE (French), Martin SCHULZ, EP President, Next February the 18th, our 2 institutions will meet. The President Ennaceur will give us the honour with his visit and I will be at his side to launch officially the first work session of the Joint Parliamentary Commission. This Commission will be the proof of our wish to build together a parliamentary privileged partnership. Long live the Tunisian people! --(Original)--  Le 18 f&eacute;vrier prochain nos deux institutions ont rendez-vous. Le Pr&eacute;sident Ennaceur nous fera l&rsquo;honneur de sa pr&eacute;sence et je serai &agrave; ses c&ocirc;t&eacute;s pour, lancer officiellement les premiers travaux de la Commission parlementaire mixte. La mise en place de la CPM est l&rsquo;&eacute;manation politique de notre volont&eacute; de construire ensemble un partenariat parlementaire privil&eacute;gi&eacute;.