” “Benita Ferrero-Waldner, EU Commissioner for external relations and the ENP, stated: "With the accession of Bulgaria and Romania, the EU has become part of the Black Sea region". The Synergy that is taking shape in Brussels with the assistance of the governments concerned will be connected with the existing policies "concerning good government, people’s mobility, security, energy, transport, the environment, the maritime policy, fishing, trade, research, education, employment, social affairs, science and technology". The EU funds, "which the region’s countries already benefit from, are supplemented by a specific across-the-border cooperation policy for the Black Sea, aimed at boosting social work in the coastal regions". The EU Commission is due to organise a "high-level political event" soon, to officially kick-start the Black Sea Synergy. ” “
