9. Calls on the Member States to develop an appropriate model for effectively integrating immigrants in the EU countries, whilst ensuring respect for all their cultural, religious, ideological, racial or other differences; recalls that true social cohesion is achieved through social, linguistic, educational and family reunification support structures; proposes creating a policy of proximity advocating the use of human resources in public authorities with linguistic and cultural knowledge of third countries, and guaranteeing that school communities include in their curricula a multicultural dimension and understanding of the various cul ...[+++]tures present;

Q. whereas participation in and ownership of development policies, which are priority principles for the EU, must include the involvement of local authorities, since the fact that they extend over the whole territory enables them to conduct a proximity policy and to communicate the expectations of the people on a day-to-day basis, in particular in the most remote regions,

Q. whereas participation in and ownership of development policies, which are priority principles for the EU, must include the involvement of local authorities, since the fact that they extend over the whole territory enables them to conduct a proximity policy and to communicate the expectations of the people on a day-to-day basis, in particular in the most remote regions,

Q. whereas participation in and ownership of development policies, which are priority principles for the EU, must include the involvement of local authorities, since the fact that they are spread over the whole territory enables them to conduct a proximity policy and to communicate the expectations of their populations on a day-to-day basis, in particular in the most remote regions,

If the EU is to work with its neighbourhood to create an area of shared prosperity and stability, proximity policy must go hand-in-hand with action to tackle the root causes of the political instability, economic vulnerability, institutional deficiencies, conflict and poverty and social exclusion [6].

I can only support the idea that an information and communication policy must be a policy of proximity.