European Parliament 30 March 2001, WRITTEN QUESTION E-0970/01 by Pere Esteve (ELDR) to the Commission. Assessment of the budgetary resources of the MEDA Programme and of the financial instruments for the Mediteranean strategy.

The basis for the decision taken by the Union was the non-respect of article 9 of the Cotonou agreement, in particular democratic principles; the calculation method used for the senatorial election implied the non-consideration of more than 1 million votes.