Grand new strategies to bolster the EU’s ties with countries in its neighbourhood, in the shape of the Union for the Mediterranean and the Eastern Partnership, are intended to enhance the Union’s role in both regions and boost their stability and prosperity. But this Commentary by Rosa Balfour and Antonio Missiroli warns that doubts remain over the EU’s ability to take a genuinely strategic approach and to offer the right mix of tools and incentives to really make a difference.

     
12-02-2009