Politics & Cooperation

El Magreb entre el Mediterráneo y el Atlántico

Para abordar la modernidad del siglo XXI los países del Magreb tienen que poner en marcha un profundo proceso de reforma política.

Wider Europe: integrar el proceso de Barcelona en una visión más a largo plazo

La ampliación de la UE, nuevo impulso para las relaciones con sus vecinos más directos, nueva política de vecindad.

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.

The Labyrinth of Subregional Integration in the South Mediterranean

The year 2003 ended with yet another failure of the attempts to revitalise the Arab Maghreb Union.

The Cities of the Mediterranean are Reluctant to Lose their Identities

The European Faces the Challenges of 21st Century

It would surprise many to hear the year 2003 described as one of the most transcendent periods in the Middle East.

Serbia and Montenegro and their New Union

The two old Balkan states of Serbia and Montenegro decided in March 2002 to bring the idea of a Yugoslav federation to an end.