Política i cooperació

The Arab League and the Challenge of Self-Reform

Throughout the year 2004, the Arab League invited its members to submit proposals for reforming and developing the whole Arab regional system.

The New Prospects for Spanish Development Co-operation in the Mediterranean Region

In January 2005 the new Spanish Co-operation Director Plan 2005-2008 was approved. The elaboration of the new Director Plan coincided with the beginning of this new legislature and the change in Government.

Barcelona II: Towards a Renewed Commitment?

The Barcelona Process from Naples to The Hague

The continuous and consistent pattern of Euro-Mediterranean foreign ministerial meetings throughout 2004 clearly demonstrates an increasing level of engagement between the European Union and the Mediterranean partners.

Can the Institutionalisation of a Parliamentary Dimension Breathe New Life into the Euro-Mediterranean Partnership?

Would inter-parliamentary co-operation be the new challenge that the Barcelona Process would have to take up? What would be the specific role of the inter-parliamentary dimension with respect to the inter-governmental?

The Balkans: far from the Objectives of the International Community

Ten years after Dayton and the Serbia and Kosovo operations, the objectives of the international community do not appear to have been achieved, at least not fully.

Then New Frontiers of the Enlarged EU: Between Exclusion and Neighbourhood

The fifth enlargement of the European Union, which will take place in May 2004 with the incorporation of ten new states, has opened a veritable Pandora’s box.

The Mediterranean Regions in an Enlarged Euopean Union: A New Centrality

Ever since the Treaty of Rome set up in 1957, the Mediterranean regions of the European Union have felt and expressed a sense of marginalisation in the face of the engine of European construction.

New Tasks Concerning Development and Development Cooperation in the Mediterranean

In the last 15 years, the study and practice of development and development cooperation have changed substantially in three directions.

The Mediterranean Policy of a Wider Europe

With the enlargement of the EU from fifteen to twenty-five members, a new «Wider Europe» debate rises high on the EU agenda, as complementary to the draft Constitution prepared by the European Convention.

The European Union Faces the Challenge of the Middle East

It would surprise many to hear the year 2003 described as one of the most transcendent periods in the Middle East, since there have been many periods that deserve this standing.

The Middle East and the Mediterranean Region in the Italian EU Presidency

Italy presented its July-December 2003 EU Presidency programme at the Council held on 21st July 2003.