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The First two Parliamentary Fora of the Euro-Mediterranean Partnership: an assessment. JMWP No. 40.02, May, 2002

Stavridis, Stelios (2002) The First two Parliamentary Fora of the Euro-Mediterranean Partnership: an assessment. JMWP No. 40.02, May, 2002.

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This paper assesses both the Euro-Mediterranean Partnership (EMP or Barcelona Process) and its parliamentary dimension. It discusses various problems that the EMP has encountered. However it also shows that there are a number of different limitations which are specific to its parliamentary dimension. It also confirms that the Forum suffers from the same, more fundamental, contradiction that is already visible within the EMP: on the one hand, there is the EU’s stated objective of democratising the Southern shores of the Mediterranean; on the other, there is its de facto policy of stabilising existing undemocratic regimes. The paper also concludes that the Parliamentary Forum has faced problems that have more to do with internal EU politics than the changing international situation in the Mediterranean basin. This is a specific element to the parliamentary dimension of the Barcelona Process.

Item Type:Working Paper
Public Domain:No
Refereed:Yes
Status:Published
Authors, Individual:Stavridis, Stelios
Editors:Barbagallo, Valentina
Title:The First two Parliamentary Fora of the Euro-Mediterranean Partnership: an assessment. JMWP No. 40.02, May, 2002
Language:English
Institution:Department for Political Studies, University of Catania
Journals and Series:Series > University of Catania > Department of Political Studies, European Centre Jean Monnet "Euromed", Jean Monnet Working Papers in Comparative and International Politics
Pages:21
Month:May
Year:2002
Subjects:EU policies and themes > External relations > EU-Mediterranean
Keywords:Euro-Mediterranean Parliamentary Forum.
Alternative Locations:http://www.fscpo.unict.it/EuroMed/jmwp40.htm
ID Code:392
Deposited By:Wilkin, Phil
Deposited On:17 March 2003