A group of European figureheads took advantage of the celebrations of 60 years of the Treaty of Rome to publish a declaration in which they launch an appeal for the EU to extend its influence on its southern flank, Africa and the Mediterranean.
They say that since the Arab revolutions, countries on the south of the Mediterranean no longer want to be seen as neighbours along Europe’s southern border, but instead to become partners of a broad area with"African depth".
Their idea is to set up...