Diana makes keynote speech at the 19th Baltic Sea Parliamentary Conference in Mariehamn, Åland Island (Rotherham & Barnsley Liberal Democrats)

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Diana makes keynote speech at the 19th Baltic Sea Parliamentary Conference in Mariehamn, Åland Island

September 12, 2010 9:38 PM
Originally published by Diana Wallis MEP

Diana with the Åland Islands Prime Minister, Mrs. Viveka Eriksson, and the Minister of Communication for the Åland Islands Mrs. Veronica Thörnroos Diana made a keynote speech at the 19th Baltic Sea Parliamentary Conference in Mariehamn, Åland Island recently. In the speech she reiterated the important role of parliamentarians in defining policy, reminding the Conference how she had urged them in Lithuania several years before to put pressure on their MEPS to help develop policy in the Baltic Sea region. She said she was delighted to say that this pressure had a direct result in the development of the EU's strategy for the Baltic Sea region.

The Baltic Sea Parliamentary Conference (BSPC) is an annual forum for political debate and opinion-building on current and topical issues of the Baltic Sea Region.

Link to the 19th Baltic Sea Parliamentary Conference: http://www.bspc.net/page/show/234

(Pic shows Diana with the Åland Islands Prime Minister, Mrs. Viveka Eriksson, and the Minister of Communication for the Åland Islands Mrs. Veronica Thörnroos (c) 2009-. Both MPs are member s of Liberal Democrat sister parties (Liberals and Centre party respectively))