The Union for the Mediterranean: a fixation?

by Meike Dülffer

With the founding of a Union for the Mediterranean, French President Nicolas Sarkozy wants to set a new course in European politics. Could the EU benefit from an alliance with the countries on the Mediterranean's southern shores, or would such an alliance in the south be competition for the EU? » more

Background | 24/04/2008

Fundamental compromise around the Mediterranean

by Daniela Schwarzer, Isabelle Werenfels

The compromise found by the European Council in March 2008 for the Union of the Mediterranean allows the internal EU argument around the topic to be smoothed over, at least for the time being anyway. However, it doesn't promise any fundamental re-orientation of the EU's Mediterranean policy. » more

From the press | 24/04/2008

South against North?

What political and economic meaning does the Mediterranean have for Europe? What form should cooperation with the non-EU states on its shores take? » more

Links | 24/04/2008

Further Information

Here you will find links to articles debating the subject of the Union for the Mediterranean as well as information on the Barcelona Process. » more

PRESS REVIEW

Main focus of 07/08/2008

France's guilt?

Rwanda's government has levelled grave accusations against France: according to an investigation by the Rwandan Justice Ministry, French soldiers actively participated in the genocide of 1994 in which an estimated 800,000 people were killed during confrontations between Tutsis and Hutus. At the time the French army had set up a protection zone in Rwanda under UN mandate.

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