Translate the following English sentence to French:
"The summit has helped to confirm values and commitment, and it was also extremely significant that many European Union countries took this opportunity to announce publicly that they were reducing or cancelling the debts of the poorest highly indebted countries. This had an important effect in terms of synergy and precedent."
Il est très important également que de nombreux pays de l'Union européenne aient profité de cette occasion pour annoncer publiquement des réductions ou des effacements de dettes par rapport aux pays les plus pauvres et les plus endettés, avec l'effet de l'exemple et de la synergie qui en découle.