Monday 2 March 2009

The Union for the Mediterranean is frozen

Well, the Mediterranean is a rather warm area, known for its good weather and healthy southern culture.

But after the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, the always controversial Union for the Mediterranean has been deep-frozen, as Le Monde reports.

It seems that especially the northern African countries in that "Union" (which did never look like a Union) do not want to sit on the same table with Israel, and I suppose that many of the EU countries which have never been really in favour of this political "monster" will not be sad about these developments.

In the end, this is another setback for Napoléon Nicolas Sarkozy whose baby this Union has been during the French EU-Council Presidency.

Yet another sad case of infant mortality...

2 comments:

citizen of Europe said...

Thanks to God.

EU-MED said...

Thanks for your posting. In my opinion the Union has never been alive since its beginning almost one year ago. The fact that the Arab countries do not want to sit on the same table with Israel is not a new phenomena but exists since many years. That was also a reason for Sarkozy to establish a rather unpolitical policy agenda with the Mediterranean states.
The more it is disappointing that successes have not become apparent...