Workshop

Competition and Complementarity: National and EU Policies vis-à-vis the Southern Mediterranean

31 March 2008 - 1 April 2008
Warsaw

EuroMeSCo organised a research workshop in collaboration with the Polish Institute for Public Affairs (IPA).

The workshop analysed the foreign policy of selected EU member states and evaluated their degree of complementarity with current and emerging Euro-Mediterranean initiatives. The participants discussed as well southern perspectives (with a focus on Morocco, Tunisia and Turkey) regarding the French proposal of Mediterranean Union.

Agenda

Welcome & Introductory Remarks

Lena Kolarska-Bobińska IPA, Warsaw
Tobias Schumacher Chairholder of the European Neighbourhood Policy Chair European Neighbourhood Policy Chair, College of Europe – Natolin campus

SESSION ONE

EU Member States Old and New – Poland, Italy and Spain: National Policies between the EMP and the Mediterranean Union-in-the-Making
Beata Wojna PISM, Warsaw
Stefania Panebianco University of Catania
Competition and Complementarity: National and EU Policies vis-à-vis the Southern Mediterranean

SESSION TWO

From the Barcelona Process to a French-inspired Mediterranean Union? Moroccan, Tunisian and Turkish Perspectives on Current Mediterranean Initiatives in Europe
Belhaj Abdessamad HIIA, Budapest
Ahmed Driss University of Tunis
Harun Arikan University of Adana

SESSION THREE

Polish Foreign Policy towards the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict – A Case of Complementarity with EU Engagement?
Lena Kolarska-Bobińska IPA, Warsaw
Madalena Meyer-Resende IPRI, Lisbon

SESSION FOUR

The Baltics in the Mediterranean – From Security Receiver to Security Facilitator?
Tiago Marques EVI, Tallinn
Erwan Lannon University of Ghent
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