Ten years Euro-Mediterranean partnership: defining European Iinterests for the next decade

In November 2005, the European Union and its Mediterranean partners celebrate the tenth anniversary of the Euro-Mediterranean Partnership
(EMP) that was initiated in Barcelona in 1995. Whereas in the beginning, the so-called Barcelona-Process responded mainly to concerns articulated
by Southern EU-members, the necessity of a structured framework for the EU’s relations with Mediterranean countries is nowadays widely recognised among all members of the Union. This is the result of general developments in international relations but also of the establishment of a functioning multilateral framework for structured dialogue and cooperation with Mediterranean partners on behalf of the EU.