I think that dialogue with the partner countries is extremely important.

I nonetheless believe that we have to find a partner who operates internationally.

We also talk about ownership in our partner countries as being a major problem.

Often the final beneficiaries are not the partner governments.

The economies of the partner countries are still very vulnerable.

Slovenia is becoming an associate member.

I should like personally to associate myself with that support as well.

It was important to reaffirm the need to associate the candidate countries with this programme.