Mediterranean related content 

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Good news for Bernardino León Gross. Bad news for Miguel Ángel Moratinos. Bernardino León Gross, who runs the office of José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero,...

The Commission does its bit for recycling. Who says the European Commission isn't doing enough to promote recycling? The research and innovation department gave people the...

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...

Commission to launch dialogue with the countries of the southern Mediterranean. The European Commission is set to launch a “dialogue on migration, mobility and...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...