Entrevista sobre la situació a Gaza i el Pròxim Orient amb Mutaz Qafisheh, catedràtic de Dret Internacional a la Universitat d'Hebron.
Ten years after Barcelona, the Euromediterranean process faces its validation as a project.
2004 was the year when the European Neighbourhood Policy (ENP) was, for the Mediterranean region, introduced as a new tier on top of the existing Barcelona process.
Economic development and political reform in the Middle East and North Africa are goals that are central to U.S. foreign policy.
In December 1999, at the European Summit in Helsinki, the Greek government gave the “green light” so that Turkey could become a candidate for European Union (EU) membership.
The expectation was that the dynamics of the Barcelona Process would induce changes; the shock of competition would push the Mediterranean Partners (MPs) into modernising and would stimulate reforms.
2004 may well go down in history as the year in which Spain and France started, albeit hesitantly, to harmonize some of their policies with regard to the Maghreb region.
In 1995, the Euro-Mediterranean Partnership first got off the ground in Barcelona. Nine years later, the project is not up there where it should be.
The Brussels European Council decision of 17 December 2004 to begin accession negotiations with Turkey marks a watershed in the course of Turkey's relations with the EU.
In September 2003, the policy of normalisation conducted by Colonel Gadhafi for four years found its expression in the lifting of the embargo imposed by the United Nations.
In some ways the evolution of the Euro-Mediterranean Partnership can be compared to the construction of the European Union.
The Constitutional Treaty project formally adopted in Rome by the Heads of State and Government on 29th October 2004, establishes the dream of a political Europe.
As promised at the 2002 Copenhagen summit, in December 2004 the European Council unanimously decided to open – subject to certain conditions – accession negotiations with Turkey.
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