Translate the following English sentence to French:
"Mr President, as has been pointed out, the influence of the European Union in Latin America is important from an economic and commercial point of view, but also from a political point of view, and this is characterised by our encouraging a type of relationship which favours egalitarian treatment - cooperation and the promotion of democracy - and this is completely opposed and different to that which has for centuries originated from Big Brother, in the north of the continent."
Monsieur le Président, l'influence de l'Union européenne en Amérique latine, comme cela a déjà été dit, est importante tant du point de vue économique et commercial que politique. De plus, elle se caractérise par l'encouragement d'un type de relations favorisant le traitement égalitaire - de la collaboration, de l'encouragement de la démocratie -, différent et opposé à celui appliqué depuis des siècles par le Nord du continent, le Big Brother.