Calls for the new Member States of Malta and Cyprus, in order for them to face specific problems they are confronted with as islands on the periphery of the European Union, to receive adequate financial support on the basis of insularity, peripherality, and the principle of equal treatment;
22. aicina nodrošināt adekvātu finansiālu atbalstu jaunajām dalībvalstīm Maltai un Kiprai, pamatojoties uz to salas un attālas valsts stāvokli, kā arī uz vienlīdzīgas attieksmes principu, lai tās var risināt specifiskas problēmas, ar kurām tām jāsaskaras kā salām ES perifērijā;