No tears shed at the burial of Union for the Mediterranean. Despite all the feats of semantic acrobatics employed to deny it, this Union (UfM), as it was originally conceived, is now dead and buried. Originally, it sought to create a common and single free trade zone, the free movement of persons, and institutions that would be endowed with decision-making powers. Ultimately, it was recognised that a free trade zone was impossible because southern Mediterranean countries maintained their...