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Europe has many trading partners but relations should be strengthened with countries such as India, which are built on the common values of democracy, freedom and human rights, said Henri Malosse, the President of the European Economic and Social Committee (EESC).
Malosse, who was heading a delegation to India recently, also declared his commitment to the EESC — the European institution representing civil society in the EU — to continue the dialogue with Indian civil society to strengthen bilateral relations.
“The Free Trade Agreement with India is in need of a thorough and objective impact assessment by civil society and we will work on this with the support of the EU delegation,” he said in a release.
The EU delegation noted as a “best practice” the fight of the Indian Government against corruption, praising the efforts undertaken and the visible results. Malosse also quoted Dalai Lama, who he met during his visit, about “the importance of the fight against corruption, a form of violence and a cancer for humanity”.
Malosse was here to participate in the commemoration of the anniversary of the Tibetan uprising on March 10 in Dharamsala and to meet His Holiness the Dalai Lama. The EESC team included Madi Sharma (Employers’ Group), Tomasz Jasiński (Workers’ Group) and Anne-Marie Sigmund (Various Interests’ Group), as well as Vincent Metten, representative of the NGO International Campaign for Tibet in Brussels.
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