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Euro-Mediterranean blues

Jun 08, 2010

Rosa Balfour

Senior Adviser on Europe in the World

This Commentary by Rosa Balfour describes the debacle surrounding the Union for the Mediterranean (UfM), whose second Summit, scheduled for 7 June was unceremoniously postponed.

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