Magazine / Politics / Union for the Mediterranean / 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?

The Union for the Mediterranean

Berliner Zeitung - Germany | Friday, 28. March 2008

A new defence policy for Europe?

Barbara Klimke analyses the reasons for Nicolas Sarkozy's "charm offensive" in the UK. "France depends on the alliance with the United Kingdom for the implementation ... » more

die tageszeitung - Germany | Thursday, 20. March 2008

Individual negotiations instead of a Mediterranean Union?

Brussels correspondent Daniela Weingärtner takes a sceptical view of the Mediterranean Union advocated by Nicolas Sarkozy. "You don't have to be a prophet to foresee ... » more

Neue Zürcher Zeitung - Switzerland | Friday, 14. March 2008

What are the advantages of the Mediterranean Union?

The new plans for a Mediterranean Union have prevented a major dispute within the EU, writes Peter Winkler, but the question of why the Barcelona ... » more

ABC - Spain | Thursday, 13. March 2008

Can the Union for the Mediterranean work ?

This March 13th French president Nicolas Sarkozy is presenting his controversial project of a Union for the Mediterranean in a European conference. After a diplomatic ... » more

La Vanguardia - Spain | Tuesday, 15. January 2008

Spain is in favour of EU accession for Turkey

The Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan is currently in Madrid, taking part in the first Alliance of Civilisations Forum organised by the UN and ... » more

Diario Sur - Spain | Friday, 21. December 2007

The Mediterranean Union concerns all of Europe

"The meeting held on Thursday, December 20th, in Rome, between the Spanish Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero, the French President Nicolas Sarkozy and the ... » more

La Vanguardia - Spain | Thursday, 6. December 2007

Stimulating Mediterranean cooperation

On December 5th, a summit in Naples brought together the head of the Italian government Romano Prodi and his Spanish counterpart, José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero. ... » more

Libération - France | Wednesday, 5. December 2007

The colonial past weighs upon Nicolas Sarkozy's visit to Algeria

Despite the signing of several commercial contracts on December 4th, the visit to Algeria paid by French president Nicolas Sarkozy was somewhat tense, due to ... » more

Süddeutsche Zeitung - Germany | Monday, 30. July 2007

No sign of a common European foreign policy

Martin Winter criticises the unilateralist conduct of certain EU member states, which he says is hindering a common EU foreign policy: "There was a time ... » more

Gândul - Romania | Friday, 27. July 2007

The risks of Franco-Libyan cooperation

Andreea Bratosin is surprised about Sarkozy's trip. "Warm handshakes on Wednesday in Tripoli between President Nicolas Sarkozy and Libyan leader Kadhafi, the greatest ally of ... » more

Dnevnik - Slovenia | Monday, 9. July 2007

Mediterranean Union as a consolation prize for Turkey?

French President Nicolas Sarkozy's proposal to found a Mediterranean Union has received fresh impetus. According to critics, membership could be a consolation prize for Turkey ... » more

Diario Sur - Spain | Friday, 1. June 2007

Sarkozy and Zapatero discuss the project of a Mediterranean Union

On Thursday May 31st, the New French president Nicolas Sarkozy met up with the leader of the Spanish government, José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero. The daily ... » more

Le Monde - France | Friday, 1. June 2007

Thomas Ferenczi on regional solidarity in Europe

"In an enlarged Europe, which often has difficulty conciliating the interests of all its members, most states have chosen to develop relations with their next-door ... » more

Diário de Notícias - Portugal | Tuesday, 22. May 2007

What kind of EU presidency will Portugal find itself with?

The daily fears that the current situation in the Middle East (fighting in Lebanon and Palestine) might turn the Portuguese presidency, due to start on ... » more

The Economist - United Kingdom | Wednesday, 13. December 2006

Can Europe still expand?

"To many Eurocrats, 2006 was eastern Europe's year of living dangerously: there were riots in Budapest, scary populists joined governments in both Poland and Slovakia ... » more

Le Monde - France | Monday, 21. August 2006

Mediterranean cooperation against the clash of civilisations

"In the face of Israeli militarism, which responds to partisan action and acts of terrorism by veritable war crimes, Europe has not to be complacent," ... » more

The culture of the Mediterranean

La Stampa - Italy | Tuesday, 1. August 2006

Mediterranean paradoxes

Enzo Bianchi, an Italian theologician, considers the paradoxes and antagonisms that define the Mediterranean, a stage of human drama and war, as well as a ... » more

Libération - France | Monday, 26. June 2006

Montpellier celebrates Mediterranean dance

The 26th edition of the Montpellier Dance Festival, devoted to Mediterranean artists, opened on Saturday, June 24. Its president, Jean-Paul Montanari stresses the political significance ... » more

Le Figaro - France | Monday, 13. February 2006

Plans for a Euro-Mediterranean museum

The architect Rudy Ricciotti evokes plans to construct a building that will eventually house the Museum of European and Mediterranean Civilisations (Mucem), near Marseille's old port. "It ... » more

Élet és Irodalom - Hungary | Tuesday, 3. January 2006

The Spirit of Trieste

His ashes were to be scattered over the sea in Trieste. Those who attended the ceremony were then to go to a café and not ... » more

The Alliance of Civilisations

Main focus of Wednesday, 16. January 2008

The UN plays the card of multicultural dialogue

Almost 350 representatives of 80 countries are taking part in the first Alliance of Civilisations forum in Madrid. Initiated by Spain and supported by Turkey ... » more

Main focus of Tuesday, 8. May 2007

Nicolas Sarkozy's European plans

As soon as he was elected on Sunday, May 6th, the future French president Nicolas Sarkozy committed himself to placing Europe at the top of ... » more

ABC - Spain | Thursday, 16. November 2006

Edurne Uriarte rejects the Alliance of Nations

Edurne Uriarte, Spanish professor of political science, criticises the 'Alliance of Civilizations' between the Western world and the Eastern world, an initiative proposed by the ... » more

Diario Sur - Spain | Tuesday, 14. November 2006

The Alliance of Civilizations is presenting its first conclusions

The group that has been given the task of promoting an 'Alliance of Civilizations' between the West and the Muslim world presented on Monday, November ... » more

el semanal digital - Spain | Monday, 6. February 2006

On the brink of a clash of civilizations ?

The on-line weekly writes in an editorial that the violent reactions being seen in various Muslim countries have prompted Western countries to ponder their relationships ... » more

Nicolas Sarkozy's initiative

Hospodářské noviny - Czech Republic | Friday, 4. January 2008

Sarkozy, Europe's man for 2008

Though Slovenia now holds the EU-council presidency, Europeans already are looking toward French President Nicolas Sarkozy, whose country takes the reins in July, says Radek ... » more

La Tribune - France | Thursday, 21. June 2007

"Hyper President" Nicolas Sarkozy

The editorialist Pascal Aubert sees Nicolas Sarkozy as a 'hyper president' ready to burst the boundaries of his office. "It is clear that our new ... » more

The Baltic, the Mediterranean or the Black Sea?

Berliner Zeitung - Germany | Monday, 31. March 2008

The Baltic region as the centre of Europe

"The Baltic region is outshining the Mediterranean area," writes Jan Brachmann on the occasion of the "Helsinkiss" Helsinki festival in Berlin. "Old Europe is gasping ... » more

Dnevnik - Slovenia | Thursday, 27. December 2007

Territorial claims, in the kitchen and vineyard

"What will become of the mental boundary with which we were raised?" asks Ervin Hladnik Milharcic, given the extension of the Schengen area and the ... » more

Süddeutsche Zeitung - Germany | Tuesday, 28. August 2007

Burkhard Müller on Europe as the continent of forests

The forest fires in Greece prompt Burkhard Müller to reflect on the importance of Europe's forests: "If Greece doesn't start taking decisive measures to protect ... » more

Le Monde - France | Friday, 5. January 2007

Thomas Ferenczi on what is at stake with the Black Sea

"There is no longer any need to prove the strategic importance of the Black Sea, a means of access to the Mediterranean via the detroits ... » more

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