Democratic conditionality within the framework of the Euro-Mediterranean Partnership

Abstract:
This study is aimed to analyse the role played by the so called “democratic conditionality clause” into the Bilateral Association Agreements signed by the EU and the Mediterranean Partners, within the broader framework of the EU’s Development Policy and the Euro-Mediterranean Partnership.
The theme will be developed on three different and interlinked dimensions: first of all on the activity deployed by the EU to promote democracy in North Africa; secondly, on the specific problems and characteristics of democratization processes in North Africa; finally and mainly on the Euro-Mediterranean Partnership (EMP), regarded as the multilateral context within which EU’s policies meet North African instances.