Abstract

The Mediterranean divide –economic, political, and cultural– is not bridged by the current cooperation with the European Union. The Mediterranean Union project aims at developing new cooperation mechanisms between neighboring countries, without going as far as integration. The success of this project requires confidence between neighboring countries and between Europeans themselves, as well as the implementation of a specific method.Denis Bauchard, expert ont the Middle East and former diplomat, has been president of the Arab World Institute from 2002 to 2004 before joining Ifri as consultant on North Africa and Middle East.

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