Mediterranean 2030 : scenarios and projections
Published : Tuesday 13 December 2011
The future of the region is facing several threats: a disparate insertion of countries in the world’s economy, producing divergences between the economies of the region; or a scenario darken by the 2008 crisis, leading to bottom-up convergence and the marginalization of Mediterranean countries weaken by the sovereign debt’s crisis, in the North, and a political transition struck, in the South.
These scenarios are both plausible and unfavourable for Euro-Mediterranean integration.
Yet, another future is possible. Hinged on pro-active political action shared by all countries, a Euro-Mediterranean convergence can be envisaged. For this to happen, it is necessary to promote complementarities, a greater redistribution of wealth and competitiveness in a regionally integrated system that benefits from the four freedoms implemented in the EU. To do so, the “Mediterranean 2030” consortium has set out 9 recommendations for a Mediterranean “ecosystem” .
Cécile Jolly & Macarena Nuño.
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