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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 10322

24 February 2011
A LOOK BEHIND THE NEWS / A look behind the news, by ferdinando riccardi
End of artificial union and questions for new Arab democracies

No tears shed at the burial of Union for the Mediterranean. Despite all the feats of semantic acrobatics employed to deny it, this Union (UfM), as it was originally conceived, is now dead and buried. Originally, it sought to create a common and single free trade zone, the free movement of persons, and institutions that would be endowed with decision-making powers. Ultimately, it was recognised that a free trade zone was impossible because southern Mediterranean countries maintained their...

Contents

A LOOK BEHIND THE NEWS
THE DAY IN POLITICS
GENERAL NEWS