The present cooperation between EU and Mediterranean countries is founded on Barcelona Process, launched in 1995. The Euro-Mediterranean partnership has been lately renewed by the "Union for the Mediterranean", an initiative by the French President Nicholas Sarkozy and officially inaugurated on 13 July 2008 at the Paris Summit for the Mediterranean.
The "Union for the Mediterranean" aims to infuse new vitality into the partnership, offering more balanced governance and increased visibility.    

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PRESS RELEASES

03/04/2009	Nuovo Governo israeliano/ New Israeli Government. Vito Bonsignore MEP
17/03/2009	Euro-Mediterranean Parliamentary Assembly: resume negotiations for peace in Middle East. Tokia Saïfi MEP
26/02/2009	EPP-ED Group in positive talks in the United Arab Emirates
22/02/2009	Closer cooperation between the EPP-ED Group and Saudi Arabia
08/02/2009	EPP-ED Delegation in Lebanon discusses initiatives for dialogue

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WORKING GROUP AGENDAS

16/09/2008 - 04/03/2008 - 12/02/2008 - 08/01/2008

EUROMED WORKING PARTY REFERENCE DOCUMENTS

04/11/2008	Declaration of Foreign Affairs Ministers of the Barcelona process
12/10/2008	EMPA recommendation to Foreign Affairs Ministers
13/07/2008	Joint Declaration of the Paris Summit for the Mediterranean
02/06/2008	Joint resolution on the Barcelona Process: Union for the Mediterranean
30/05/2008	Agreed conclusions of the third Euro-Mediterranean Conference of the Ministers of Culture
20/05/2008	Commission Communication: Barcelona Process: Union for the Mediterranean
28/03/2008	EMPA Presidency Final Declaration
03/2008	EMPA Recommendation
27/03/2008	EMPA Recommendation by the Economic and Financial Social Affairs and Education Committee
27/03/2008	EMPA Recommendation on women and immigration, and women and science
27/03/2008	EMPA Recommendation on behalf of the Committee on Political Affairs, Security and Human Rights

EVENTS

	EPP-ED Delegation in Lebanon discusses initiatives for dialogue 08 February 2009
	Euro-Mediterranean Parliamentary Assembly in Jordan 11-13 October 2008 - Dead Sea (Jordan) The Middle East Peace Process was high on the agenda of the extraordinary Euro-Mediterranean Parliamentary Assembly which took place at the Dead Sea in Jordan, and well as a discussion on a Union for the Mediterranean Video: Euromed Parliamentary Assembly in Jordan
	Euro-Mediterranean Parliamentary Assembly 27-28 March 2008 - Athens, Greece This was the first plenary session since the European Council approved the principle of a Union for the Mediterranean which will include the Member States of the EU and the non-EU Mediterranean coastal states... - Long Version (9'20") Short Version (3'46")

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