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Europe and the Mediterranean: Eyeing Other Shores

Claire Spencer, July 2008

The World Today, Volume 64, Number 7

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Ahead of the French holiday rush for relaxation in warm waters, President Nicolas Sarkozy has flung himself into the Mediterranean policy pool. Not content with existing arrangements, plans and processes for dealing with those on the other shore, the President has built his very own scheme, now adopted by the European Union. But the tides have not been altogether kind.