I thank Commissioner Borg for steering this exercise so effectively and successfully. With the endorsement by the European Council last December of the Commission's Integrated Maritime Policy, we turned words into action. One of my first commitments as President of the European Commission was to present this very important project for Europe. ![]() This is why the European Commission has come up in recent years with clear proposals on maritime safety and on the protection of the marine environment, which deserve to be upheld by Member States and all other decision makers. In fact, the oceans and seas are gaining new significance in our lives, at the very moment when they are coming under severe threat from pollution, over-fishing and climate change. Just as our maritime affairs were of strategic importance in the past, so too are they of crucial importance in today's globalising world. So the Commission's vision for the 21st century is one that brings our seas back to centre stage. Ever since Europa was carried across the ocean, the seas have been central to our culture, imagination and wealth. ![]() We are celebrating our strong maritime past, and building on it to shape Europe's maritime future.Įurope would not be Europe without the seas. ![]() Today's celebration of the new European Maritime Day is a celebration of success. Signature of the Joint Tripartite Declaration establishing a "European Maritime Day"
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