Europe's Relations with North Africa

The rapid evolution of events in the European Middle Eastern and North African spheres has reinvigorated the debate on Euro-Mediterranean relations. Since 1995 these relations have operated under the auspices of the Barcelona Process which laid the foundations for three initiatives that define European policy towards neighbouring states: the Euro-Mediterranean Partnership the European Neighbourhood Policy and the Union for the Mediterranean. This book scrutinises these initiatives through a socioeconomic prism. Adam Yousef reviews how appropriate these initiatives have been in promoting socioeconomic development in North African states projects the long-term implications of these policies and investigates whether they can reduce the gap in social outcomes across the Mediterranean Basin over time. Using Morocco as a case study this book employs a mixed-methods approach combining qualitative and quantitative data as well as economic theory. It reveals not only that the Barcelona Process has had a limited impact on promoting social outcomes in Morocco but crucially that it is also unlikely to do so in the future suggesting a new approach may be required.