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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9498

11 September 2007
A LOOK BEHIND THE NEWS / A look behind the news, by ferdinando riccardi
Improvement in relations with Mediterranean third countries is indispensable and urgent, but formula of “union” between neighbouring countries and some member states is unrealistic and ineffective

Major weaknesses of Sarkozy project. The demand for reviewing and deepening EU relations with Mediterranean third countries is obviously not in dispute; it gets stronger daily in several aspects such as energy supply or the drama of illegal immigration. The perplexities and doubts already expressed in this column about the Euro-Mediterranean project are therefore in no way referring to the demand to deepen and improve relations but more to how this solution is conceptualised. In my opinion...

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A LOOK BEHIND THE NEWS
THE DAY IN POLITICS
GENERAL NEWS
ECONOMIC INTERPENETRATION
WEEKLY SUPPLEMENT