Algeria
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17 October 201110Le Monde Paris
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Diplomacy
5 billion to aid Arab revolutions
26 May 2011PresseuropEl País -
EU-Libya
Gaddafi's last stand, Europe dithers
22 February 2011Presseurop -
Arab revolutions
What is really awaiting Europe
21 February 20111El País Madrid -
16 February 2011Charlie Hebdo Paris
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France-Tunisia
How Paris missed the Jasmine Revolution
18 January 20111Presseurop -
EU-North Africa
A tragedy in the making
10 January 2011Le Soir Brussels -
Union for the Mediterranean
The Med’s adrift
23 September 2010El País Madrid -
Renewable energy
Will Africa's rivers and sun power Europe?
25 August 2009The Independent London -
Religion
The Islamisation myth
28 July 20092The Observer London -
International Cooperation
Sarkozy's Club Med on the rocks
13 July 20091El País Madrid
Exactly 50 years ago today, between 100 and 200 Algerians, who were taking part in a peaceful demonstration, were murdered by Paris police. After decades of official cover-up, the collective memory of the events of 17 October 1961 is finally being restored. 
The bloody repression of the Libyan people by the Gaddafi regime is exacerbating the problem of a Europe faced with revolts in the Arab world, writes the European press, which calls for concrete and coordinated action. 
Terrorism, immigration, the economy: for Europeans, the wave of revolts that have shaken the Arab world is fraught with dangers that are not altogether clear. El País has tried to unravel truth from falsehood. 
Overtaken by events, slow in supporting the forces of democracy, the French government seemed to be backing the regime of Ben Ali to the very end. Today, it’s having a hard time justifying its position. 
In turning a blind eye to the corruption, nepotism and human rights violations of North African governments, the EU should share some of the blame for the violence that has recently erupted in Tunisia and Algeria, argues Belgian journalist Baudouin Loos. 
The enthusiasm with which the Union for the Mediterranean was launched two years ago has been steadily waning ever since. The main reason why, says French political philosopher Sami Naïr, is the lack of a serious EU commitment to the region. 
Two massive power-generating schemes have been launched in recent weeks. One offers to create the world's largest solar farm, the other to create the biggest hydroelectric dam on the planet. While situated in Africa, they both aim to export electricity to Europe. The Independent weighs up the pros and cons of two ambitious projects, which, according to many critics, smacks of a colonial style power grab. 
In the wake of the London and Madrid bombings, predictions proliferated in print and on web that Islam was entering a radicial and violent phase. Dire warnings of the imminent “Islamisation” of Europe have turned out, however, to be of little substance, reports the Observer. 
Launched on 13 July 2008 in Paris, the Union for the Mediterranean (UfM) is basically a remodelling of the Barcelona Process that Spain helped get off the ground back in 1995. There was really no need to go to all that trouble, but Nicolas Sarkozy originally had something very different in mind when he initiated this second phase.