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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9962

26 August 2009
THE DAY IN POLITICS / (eu) eu/mediterranean
France sets up exclusive economic zone in Mediterranean and calls on UfM countries to follow its lead

Brussels, 25/08/2009 (Agence Europe) - “We hope that, within the UfM (Union for the Mediterranean), more and more countries set up Exclusive Economic Zones (EEZs) and that, together, we can hold a debate to fully protect the Mediterranean,” said French Environment Minister Jean-Louis Borloo on Monday 24 August, after announcing that France had informed the United Nations that it had declared an EEZ in the Mediterranean to better protect fish stocks.

According to press reports which...