Morocco
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15 December 2011PresseuropEl País
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28 November 2011Le Journal du jeudi Ouagadougou
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Renewable energy
Desertec to take over from nuclear power
8 June 20112Le Monde Paris -
Diplomacy
5 billion to aid Arab revolutions
26 May 2011PresseuropEl País -
Terrorism
Bin Laden’s legacy
2 May 20112Le Monde Paris -
Neighbourhood Policy
Dark clouds over Mare Nostrum
22 March 2011La Repubblica Rome -
Romania
Renault threatens Dacia pull-out
7 March 2011PresseuropGandul -
EU-Libya
Gaddafi's last stand, Europe dithers
22 February 2011Presseurop -
North Africa
After Tunisia, rethinking the Med
20 January 20113Le Monde Paris -
EU-North Africa
A tragedy in the making
10 January 2011Le Soir Brussels -
Morocco / Spain
News blackout lifts in Western Sahara
22 November 2010PresseuropEl Mundo -
Immigration
Europe's far from splendid isolation
19 October 20102El País Madrid -
Union for the Mediterranean
The Med’s adrift
23 September 2010El País Madrid -
Spain / Morocco
Melilla overflows again
21 September 20104PresseuropEl Periódico de Catalunya -
Spain – Morocco
Royal phone call defuses tensions
12 August 2010PresseuropABC -
5 August 20106De Volkskrant Amsterdam
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24 May 2010De Volkskrant Amsterdam
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EU–Mediterranean
On the other side of the Med
17 March 2010El País Madrid -
Diplomacy
Granada to host EU Morocco summit
5 March 2010PresseuropEl País -
Netherlands
State of emergency to quell ethnic riots
5 January 2010PresseuropDe Volkskrant -
Spain-Morocco
Haidar returns to Western Sahara
18 December 2009PresseuropEl País -
Spain-Morocco
Diplomatic showdown over hunger strike
4 December 2009PresseuropEl País -
Renewable energy
Will Africa's rivers and sun power Europe?
25 August 2009The Independent London -
12 August 2009PresseuropDe Morgen
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Religion
The Islamisation myth
28 July 20092The Observer London -
International Cooperation
Sarkozy's Club Med on the rocks
13 July 20091El País Madrid
The end of nuclear power in Germany and Switzerland and reduced tolerance for this energy source in many countries in Europe has given a new lease of life to projects based on renewable energy, like the one backed by a German consortium in North Africa. 
Symbolic as the death of the al-Qaeda leader is, it does not mark the end of the fight against terrorism, nor of its consequences for our way of life, writes Le Monde. 
Initially ignored by Europe, the Mediterranean region was subsequently the focus of several integration projects, all of which failed to produce results. The current crisis, now striking its southern shores, is a testament to the need for a new approach. 
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. 
Aid packages will not be enough if Europe really wants to promote democracy in Tunisia, writes a specialist on Arab affairs, who believes that the EU should reconsider its entire neighbourhood strategy for Mediterranean Arab countries. 
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. 
Five years after hundreds of migrants besieged the two Spanish enclaves in Morocco, Ceuta and Melilla remain symbols of the EU’s closed borders and closed minds, even of a global system of apartheid, say two academics. 
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. 
Rabat sees the Spanish enclave of Melilla as an occupied territory. But the Moroccans who live and work there have become attached to its unique character and don't want it to change. 
8,000 foreigners, for the most part Europeans, have moved to Marrakech over the past few years. Their very presence and purchasing power are changing the face of the age-old Moroccan city. 
In these times of economic crisis, the countries of the southern Mediterranean are displaying unexpected dynamism – a trend the EU is beginning to shore up with regional cooperation projects, reports El País. 
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.