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 comments on one of the issues covered during this visit, the project of a Mediterranean Union defended by Nicolas Sarkozy. "The desire to create a Mediterranean Union is giving a new dimension to Franco-Spanish collaboration. The fact that both leaders recognise a need to make policies on immigration coincide with one another ... allows us to envisage strategies that will convert the Mediterranean arena into a space where neighbouring countries work together for development and security. Right now this implies solidarity and a common response to the most pressing problems Spain is facing, which means the massive influx of illegal immigrants from the south and many others via French territory used as an open door to access our country."

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