Stresses that political dialogue is a fundamental part of the Cotonou Agreement, and that Articles 8 and 96 are a concrete and legal means to uphold the essential elements of ACP-EU relations, though they have not always been used effectively in the past;
poudarja, da je politični dialog bistven del Sporazuma iz Cotonouja in da sta člena 8 in 96 konkreten in zakonit način ohranjanja temeljnih elementov v odnosih AKP-EU, čeprav njuna uporaba v preteklosti ni bila zmeraj učinkovita;