EC/Mexico Economic Partnership, Political Coordination and Cooperation Agreement

The Council approved the main points of the strategy proposed by the Commission. It requested the Commission, pursuant to the conclusions of the Corfu and Essen European Councils, to submit to it in 1995 draft negotiating directives for a new political, commercial and economic agreement between the European Union and Mexico, in the light of the considerations set out in the Commission communication and of developments in the general situation in Mexico. The Council agreed to make a periodic assessment of progress in implementing these conclusions. In this connection, it approved a draft joint solemn declaration by the European Union and Mexico, which it decided to sign shortly.