(5.4.2013) EP president Martin Schulz will plead for parliaments to play a greater role in facilitating Arab Spring countries‘ transition to democracy during a meeting of the Union of the Mediterranean in Marseille on 6-7 April. Mr Schulz will meet the parliament presidents of all the countries that belong to this partnership that unites both shores of the Mediterranean to discuss how they can help further the Union‘s goals. This will be the Union‘s first-ever meeting of Parliament speakers.