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Title: The foreign policy of the European Union toward the Mediterranean
Authors: Vincent, Laurence (1998)
Keywords: European Economic Community
European Union
Mediterranean Region -- Foreign relations -- European Union countries
Issue Date: 1998
Citation: Vincent, L. (1998). The foreign policy of the European Union toward the Mediterranean (Master's dissertation).
Abstract: The launch of the Euro-Med Partnership took place a quarter of century after the European Community had begun to develop a Mediterranean policy. Major changes marked the start of the 1990s and required a strengthening of relationships, among them a fear of general destabilization on the southern rim of the Mediterranean. It represented a reinforcement of that policy in both qualitative and quantitative terms. While greater resources arc being committed than ever before by the EU, the scope of the policy has been expanded in various significant ways. In terms of economic support for the Mediterranean partners, the traditional emphasis upon financial aid has been joined by a new emphasis upon gradual moves towards a Euro Mediterranean Free Trade Area . The new formula will oblige the MNMCs (Mediterranean Non Member Countries) to give tariff- and quota-free access to industrial products originating in the EU. A second element is that these countries must eliminate duties on goods originating in other MNMCs. Moreover, the Commission expects that gradually the MNMCs will adopt EU competition and origin rules. While the economic component of the new partnership remains its most defined feature, this is now combined commitments to cooperate at two other levels : the «political and security level», and the «cultural, human and social level». None the less, the challenge is enormous; a huge gulf still separates the northern economies and populations from the southern ones. The MNMCs are likely to suffer in terms of cuts in tariff revenue and increased costs arising from foreign currency expenditure on imports. Yet, it the only viable solution in the interest of both the EU and the southern and eastern shores of the Mediterranean even if the agreement contains some flaws. Four years since its launching, the process still holds a great deal of potential.
Description: M.A.DIPLOMATIC STUD.
URI: https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/77951
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