EUROPE AND MEDITERRANEAN SEA, ONE STORY

Abstract

The author deals with the Mediterranean issue, which is very topical today, and its relationship with Europe, a that takes into account the fact that North Africa is the closest South of Europe. In the Mediterranean, the relations between the North and South are intense and extensive. However, hidden opportunities and brakes resulting from many factors have often focused on and investment from an economic point of view. However from the political one, especially after the creation of the European Union, efforts have been made in order to implement the level of integration between the two shores of the Basin, trying to get rid of the many obstacles and the painful search for a Euro – Mediterranean free trade area. The Mediterranean area makes Europe suffer on two issues which have unfortunately been unsolved for too long: the Libyan issue and the Palestinian issue, both located in the Middle Eastern shore of the Mediterranean. In conclusion, the author addresses the subject of policies in the countries of the South – Eastern Mediterranean, which have recently changed significantly. In this context of strong change, the objectives and instruments of the European Mediterranean policies must be reconsidered, in order to gather useful elements to strengthen them and to suggest new guidelines.