Opening Europe’s Mediterranean Window
One year after the fall of Hosni Mubarak, with popular upheaval continuing to roil the Arab world, it is increasingly clear that Europe can no longer sit still and do nothing. The ongoing protests have exposed an urgent need for renewed engagement with the region in general – and, in particular, with the southern and eastern Mediterranean countries.
MADRID – One year after the fall of Hosni Mubarak, with popular upheavals continuing to roil the Arab world, it is increasingly clear that Europe can no longer sit still and do nothing. The ongoing protests have exposed an urgent need for renewed engagement by the European Union with the region in general – and, in particular, with the countries of the southern and eastern Mediterranean that are the Union’s neighbors.
MADRID – One year after the fall of Hosni Mubarak, with popular upheavals continuing to roil the Arab world, it is increasingly clear that Europe can no longer sit still and do nothing. The ongoing protests have exposed an urgent need for renewed engagement by the European Union with the region in general – and, in particular, with the countries of the southern and eastern Mediterranean that are the Union’s neighbors.