Euro-Mediterranean integration. The Mediterranean's European challenge. Volume III

Abstract

called the EU-Med Transnational and Regional Research Network. The first two volumes were published in 1998 and in 2000 respectively under the titles: The Mediterranean s European Challenge, and The Mediterranean s European Challenge Volume II. This current volume is titled Euro-Mediterranean Integration and sub-titled The Mediterranean s European Challenge Volume III. The change in title reflects the true spirit of the Euro-Med Partnership as well as the co-operation that has led to the possibility of EU membership for a number of Mediterranean states. The integration of Europe and the Mediterranean is indeed the joint challenge of the Member States of the Union (some of whom are Mediterranean) and of the Mediterranean states which are not (some of them, not yet) Members of the Union. As co-ordinator of the network and the projects, it has been my