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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 10597

19 April 2012
A LOOK BEHIND THE NEWS / A look behind the news, by ferdinando riccardi
Transforming the Union for the Mediterranean will make a positive contribution to better EU relations with neighbouring countries

After years of speechifying… After years of speechifying and wasting time and money, the Union for the Mediterranean (UFM) finally seems to be moving in the right direction. I am not referring here to the EU's relations with Mediterranean countries, relations that have varied widely between times of enthusiasm and times of tragedy. No, I am referring to the UfM, which has never properly existed in reality because the EU's neighbours are such a disparate group of countries that have no real...

Contents

A LOOK BEHIND THE NEWS
EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT PLENARY
ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
SECTORAL POLICY
SOCIAL AFFAIRS - CULTURE
EXTERNAL ACTION