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Mapping Israel’s Policy Options regarding Its Future Institutionalised Relations with the European Union. Middle East & Euro-Med Working Paper No. 3, March 2003

Tovias, Alfred. (2003) Mapping Israel’s Policy Options regarding Its Future Institutionalised Relations with the European Union. Middle East & Euro-Med Working Paper No. 3, March 2003. [Working Paper]

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    Abstract

    The nature of the Euro-Mediterranean Partnership will change with the Enlargement of the EU to include 13 additional members since all Mediterranean non-Arab countries will be in the EU except Israel. Israel will therefore be obliged to revise its relations with the EU. This paper explores some possible policy options open to Israel. After discarding a continuation of Israel’s present status in the Euro-Mediterranean Partnership, a second policy option gauges advantages and disadvantages for Israel of obtaining membership in the European Economic Area, i.e. full economic integration without political integration in the EU. Taking into consideration quantum political changes that have taken place in and around the EU, as well as in the Middle East, a third Israeli policy option postulates EU membership, so as not to be left behind and which would bring a "new vision" for Israel, once peace with its neighbours is in the offing, allowing for a complete change of the present terms of reference.

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    Item Type: Working Paper
    Subjects for non-EU documents: EU policies and themes > External relations > EU-Middle East
    EU policies and themes > External relations > EU-Islam
    Subjects for EU documents: UNSPECIFIED
    EU Series and Periodicals: UNSPECIFIED
    EU Annual Reports: UNSPECIFIED
    Series: Series > Centre for European Policy Studies (Brussels) > Middle East and Euro-Med Working Papers
    Depositing User: Phil Wilkin
    Official EU Document: No
    Language: English
    Date Deposited: 01 Jul 2004
    Page Range: p. 16
    Last Modified: 15 Feb 2011 17:20
    URI: http://aei.pitt.edu/id/eprint/1811

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