28. Notes that the strengthening of this policy is one of the prior
ities of the French Presidency; calls on the Council Presidency and the Commission to translate this political will into concrete measures without delay, to contribute to the finalisation of all negotiations currently underway on all bilateral association agreements and the consolidation of the MEDA programme both quantitatively and qualitatively, so that it may better respond to the priority to be attached to Mediterranean policy in the future; calls on the French Presidency to carry out an in‑depth review of five years of partnership with a view to making Euro‑Mediter
...[+++]ranean policy and its instruments more effective;