Go to the Content Thursday, 9 February 2012
Your search for "European Union and Mediterranean" produced 60 items.
| 1. EU needs a southern Mediterranean strategy | January 12, 2012 |
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There is much to praise in the EU institutions' response to the Arab uprisings, but directionis still lacking. In the past year, democratic uprisings in the southern... | |
| 2. The problem-solver | January 5, 2012 |
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The EU's Special Representative to the southern Mediterranean has won praise throughout his career. Within his inner circle, Bernardino León is likened to Mr Wolf, an... |
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| 3. Divisions limit the EU's influence in the Mediterranean | October 29, 2011 |
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The starting point for a fresh relationship with the southern Mediterranean lies in the EU. Tunisia's parliamentary elections last Sunday and the death on Friday of Muammar... |
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| 4. Shows of strength in the Mediterranean | September 29, 2011 |
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At a crucial time for talks on the future of Cyprus, Turkey is showing that it is not afraid to take on either the EU or Israel. Emboldened by its rising profile and... |
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| 5. Libya: filling the blank space | July 28, 2011 |
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A history that provides a useful overview of a country engulfed in civil war. Libya may be vying with Albania for the distinction of being the Mediterranean's most... |
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| 6. Spanish ups and downs | June 30, 2011 |
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Good news for Bernardino León Gross. Bad news for Miguel Ángel Moratinos. Bernardino León Gross, who runs the office of José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero,... |
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| 7. EU to appoint southern Mediterranean envoy | June 20, 2011 |
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Special representative expected to chair taskforce on European response to upheaval in region. Member states' foreign ministers today (20 June) welcomed a plan by Catherine... |
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| 8. Migration proposal aims to help Mediterranean countries | May 19, 2011 |
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Commission to launch dialogue with the countries of the southern Mediterranean.
The European Commission is set to launch a “dialogue on migration, mobility and... |
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| 9. Europe's test in north Africa | May 6, 2011 |
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Europe needs policies that help train north Africans and allow them to circulate more freely between Europe and their home countries. Europe's reaction to the historic... |
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| 10. The high price of strategic rivalry | April 20, 2011 |
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The deep divisions between Ankara and Paris may undermine the EU's hopes for the southern Mediterranean. Many tensions have bedevilled NATO's military operations in Libya... |
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| 11. EU to ease exports for Balkan and Mediterranean countries | April 7, 2011 |
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Truce on Kosovo status allows preferential tariffs, while Euro-Med convention will supersede bilateral deals. The European Union is to make it easier for countries in the... |
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| 12. Towards a Euro-Mediterranean Economic Area | March 24, 2011 |
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The foreign ministers of Denmark and the Netherlands set out Dutch and Danish ideas for a new era of relations in the Mediterranean. The ‘Arab spring' is a call for... |
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| 13. Will the EU get it right this time? | March 10, 2011 |
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EU leaders meet to refocus Mediterranean policy but critics fear vague summit conclusions. The European Union's response to the events in north Africa is taking shape ahead... |
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| 14. Boosting funding for Mediterranean reform | March 3, 2011 |
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The European Investment Bank wants the EU to release more money for projects in the southern Mediterranean, a region in which it is already the largest lender. Philippe de... |
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| 15. The sudden collapse of a near-perfect world | February 18, 2011 |
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The EU needs to change its thinking in Tunisia and elsewhere. Over the past 20 years or so, the EU's Mediterranean periphery has become entangled in a web of bilateral... |
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| 16. Frontex to help Italy deal with Tunisian migrants | February 17, 2011 |
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Thousands of Tunisians arrive on Italian island as Frontex prepares to launch second emergency operation. The European Union will launch a joint operation with the Italian... |
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| 17. A plan B for Mubarak | February 10, 2011 |
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There's always the Union for the Mediterranean to fall back on for Egypt's president. Could a diplomatic solution to sidelining Egypt's president Hosni Mubarak be modelled... |
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| 18. EU under pressure to reassess aid to Egypt | February 10, 2011 |
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Member states want to tighten aid conditions,while Ashton will tell Mubarak that country's aid is at risk. Pressure is growing for the EU to reconsider aid to Egypt worth... |
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| 19. Promoting democracy or autocracy? | February 3, 2011 |
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Europe needs to go back to basics in its policy towards Egypt and its southern neighbourhood. Events in Tunisia and now Egypt suggest that some countries can break long-term... |
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| 20. Hanging out with the wrong crowd | February 3, 2011 |
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The cosy relationships that the EU and its member states have maintained with dictators in northern Africa suddenly look like a big mistake. The European Union has always... |
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