The Union for the Mediterranean in crisis? The Changing Context of Euro-Mediterranean Relations

03 March 2011 | by Marco
Event Date
Event Date: 
Friday, 25 March, 2011 - 13:15 - 14:30
Chair: 

Dr. Rym Ayadi, Senior Fellow, CEPS

Speakers: 
  • Federica Bicchi, London School of Economics
  • Richard Gillespie, University of Liverpool
  • Lino Cardarelli, Senior Deputy Secretary General, Union for the Mediterranean
Discussants: 
  • Pierre Deusy, Economic Aspects of the Euro-Mediterranean Partnership & Union for the Mediterranean, European External Action Service
  • Antonio Fanelli, Deputy Head, Private Sector Development Division, Directorate for Enterprise and Financial Affairs, OECD
Venue: 

CEPS Conference Room

Venue address: 

1, Place du Congrès - 1000 Brussels

Secretary: 
Isabelle Tenaerts
Responsible: 
Isabelle Tenaerts

Launch event of a new special issue of Mediterranean Politics, on ‘The Union for the Mediterranean: Continuity or Change’.

This series of papers, edited by Federica Bicchi (LSE) and Richard Gillespie (University of Liverpool), provides an in-depth account of the ways in which the UfM has modified the Barcelona Process and why it has proved so problematic.

The meeting will also address the question of how the EU and its Mediterranean partners should move forward, to overcome UfM blockages and respond constructively and urgently to the popular demands for political change coming from around the Arab World.

A sandwich lunch (€6) will be served before the event, from 12.30 onwards.

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