CIAO DATE: 12/2009
October 2006
The Polish Institute of International Affairs
Ever since the European Economic Community came into being, the member states have always shared a belief that development of economic cooperation, especially through trade, is crucial to fostering good relations with its neighbours in the Mediterranean region. The Euro-Mediterranean Partnership was established at the Barcelona Conference of EU foreign ministers in 1995 as a novel formula and framework of cooperation with the states of southern and eastern shores of the sea. This analysis of the decade of cooperation and its objectives, premises, results and shortcomings should not only serve to improve the functioning of the Euro-Mediterranean Partnership in the future, but also be a useful guide in developing the "Eastern dimension" of the European Union.
Resource link: Ten years of the Euro-Mediterranean Partnership - accomplishments and prospects [PDF] - 529K