Publication Euro Med : The report: “A moment to reflect: Creating Euro-Mediterranean bonds that deliver”
The 25th anniversary of the Barcelona Process presented a timely moment to assess the past and to explore new opportunities for stronger bonds between both shores of the Mediterranean. In an era of globalisation, we are ever more interconnected – for the best and for the worst. In times of the pandemic, humankind faces a global crisis and the Euro-Mediterranean area is no exception to this. However, crises also bear an opportunity, if not an imperative, to adjust our course of action. Current decisions will shape the region for years to come.
This report brings together contributions by experts and testimonies by those who are engaged in the creation of “Euro-Mediterranean bonds that deliver” through different professional domains. The current pandemic is an opportunity to relaunch relations between the EU and its Mediterranean neighbours, emphasising the existing potential for a more inclusive, prosperous and positive future. How can the Euro-Mediterranean agenda be adapted to this new reality, once the storm has passed? A joint report by CIDOB, Elcano Royal Institute and Friedrich Naumann Foundation Madrid.
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The Mediterranean, the sea of two shores
The memory of the Mediterranean begins with a wonderful song by Juan Manuel Serrat, which has been heard for many years all over the world, it goes through the sadness of the immigrants who do not achieve their dream, because we cannot forget the data of the IOM, which states the death or disappearance of 1,522 migrants in 2022, and it is the sea of the two different shores and both exciting where the historical cultures that the passing of the centuries do not forget meet.
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The Canary Islands as a bridge of commercial connection between Europe and Africa
The Canary Islands is the only autonomous community that has a notable advantage over others, and that is that, due to its geographical position and uniqueness, it is considered by the European Union as an outermost region. This designation brings with it the opportunity to take advantage of all the benefits offered so that Spanish and even European companies can do business with Africa through the archipelago.
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The Mediterranean, a paradigm of conflict scenarios
On November 28 and 29, Spain hosted in Barcelona the VI Regional Forum of the Union for the Mediterranean, with the aim of addressing regional challenges from a post-pandemic perspective. Both the Moroccan Foreign Minister, Nascer Bourita, and the Algerian Foreign Minister, Ramtane Lamamra. Were absent.
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European migration policy in the Mediterranean after the coronavirus pandemic
The EU's migration policy and mechanisms for dealing with the flow of migrants to our continent are many, diverse and constantly changing. This brief analysis does not attempt to examine the EU's various policies and organisations, but rather to outline some of the challenges and shortcomings that have arisen during this period of pandemic.
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We have to talk with Africa
Overwhelmingly, the information circulating in Europe about Africa has negative connotations, emphasising issues of social instability and organised violence, especially from the perspective of the threats posed to Europeans by migratory flows stemming from these problems.
