Union for the Mediterranean

30 August 2014 | Author/Destination: | Rubric: General Reading Time:  6 minutes

Union for the Mediterranean © NordNordWest/cc-by-3.0

Union for the Mediterranean © NordNordWest/cc-by-3.0

The Union for the Mediterranean (UfM) is a multilateral partnership of 43 countries from Europe and the Mediterranean Basin: the 28 member states of the European Union and 15 Mediterranean partner countries from North Africa, the Middle East and Southeast Europe. It was created in July 2008 as a relaunched Euro-Mediterranean Partnership (the Barcelona Process), when a plan to create an autonomous Mediterranean Union was dropped. The Union has the aim of promoting stability and prosperity throughout the Mediterranean region. In the historical context, one could speak of an Imperium Romanum 2.0, but without the centralization and as a confederation.   read more…

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