Bulletin n. 1/2008
May 2008
CONTENTS
  • Section A) The theory and practise of the federal states and multi-level systems of government
  • Section B) Global governance and international organizations
  • Section C) Regional integration processes
  • Section D) Federalism as a political idea
    • Kaddouri Hamid
    Vers une nouvelle politique euro-méditerranéenne: le projet d'union de la Méditerranée comme piste de réflexion
    in Revue de l'Union européenne/Revue du Marché Commun et de l'Union européenne , numero 514, janvier ,  2008 ,  14-26
    The failure of the current Euro-Mediterranean policy is no longer doubtful. Whether it be from an economic, political, security or cultural point of view, all the basics that had motivated the birth of the PEM are still there and even aggravated today, As a result, the time has gone for the Mediterranean to receive a wilful and joint policy where cultural differences would not be used as an implied pretext for human space priorisation and differences. The Mediterranean Union project put forward by the French President is in line with that institutional reform of the EU/third Mediterranean countries relationship. However, that initiative, which is supposed to boost the North South relationship, provides no credible alternative, since it is centered on France's identity and security issues. It looks more like a reclassification policy for countries and territories tha are unable to join the EU. The purpose is to contain migratory pressuses and terrorist threats from the South and keep a check on new membership applications. In addition, it is a step back from the current policy, since it offers a mere cooperation logic without any integration. Clearly, the Mediterranean Union gives up the "all except institutions" dear to Romano Prodi, for a "nothing except a la carte cooperation" recommended by Nicolas Sarkozy.
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