An EU-financed study by the Anna Lindh Foundation for dialogue and culture in the Mediterranean shows that "European citizens and those of the countries of the southern and eastern shore of the Mediterranean have a growing appetite for mutual knowledge", according to a press release published on Friday 12 May.
This desire apparently comes, however, "in the face of the reality of an alarming increase in xenophobic and sectarian tendencies having an impact on social cohesion in the region".