Thomas More Institute releases special report on sustainable security in the Maghreb
/EINPresswire.com/ Trading area and interface between Sub-Saharan Africa and Europe, the Maghreb has become, thanks to its geographical position, its human resources and energy, an essential component for the EU and a sustainable security in the region.
It has yet to face many social, political and economic migration challenges in order to maximize its wealth and potential, among which:
* growing migration flows from sub-Saharan countries;
* the rise of terrorism and crime;
* the frozen conflict in Western Sahara and the numerous blockages it causes;
* the lack of regional integration.
Shortly after the definition of the new European Internal Security Strategy, and the holding of the first bilateral summit between the European Union (EU) and Morocco, and few weeks before the summit of the Union for the Mediterranean (UfM ), the Thomas More Institute intends to spark off the new Euro-Maghreb strategic, and presents in its new report tracks of reflexion and operational recommendations to redefine this partnership, based notably on:
- Strengthening cooperation in the fight against illegal migration with countries in the Maghreb, opening new FRONTEX regional offices and allocating resources to them, especially in the Sahelian zone;
- Promoting regional integration and cooperation, especially by encouraging the creation of a free-trade area;
- Seeking for a political solution to the conflict in Western Sahara, source of blockades for 30 years, recognizing the validity of the 2007 Moroccan proposal for autonomy;
- Putting the issue of Trans-Maghreb cooperation and regional integration back on the EU's political agenda particularly for common reflection purposes alongside the portfolios on Neighbourhood, Development, Trade and the new International Cooperation portfolio
- Strengthening the Euro-Maghreb partnership, by relying more on existing complementarities (energy and sustainable development in particular) between the EU and the Maghreb in particular.
Find the Thomas More Institute report on April 7th 2010, 12 A.M. on: http://www.institut-thomas-more.org/mag/index.html
This note will also be discussed in a conference in Brussels, on April 7th 2010. Find details on : http://www.institut-thomas-more.org/mag/Carton.pdf
Contact: Caroline DUCARME c.ducarme@institut-thomas-more.org / +33 (0)1 49 49 03 30
It has yet to face many social, political and economic migration challenges in order to maximize its wealth and potential, among which:
* growing migration flows from sub-Saharan countries;
* the rise of terrorism and crime;
* the frozen conflict in Western Sahara and the numerous blockages it causes;
* the lack of regional integration.
Shortly after the definition of the new European Internal Security Strategy, and the holding of the first bilateral summit between the European Union (EU) and Morocco, and few weeks before the summit of the Union for the Mediterranean (UfM ), the Thomas More Institute intends to spark off the new Euro-Maghreb strategic, and presents in its new report tracks of reflexion and operational recommendations to redefine this partnership, based notably on:
- Strengthening cooperation in the fight against illegal migration with countries in the Maghreb, opening new FRONTEX regional offices and allocating resources to them, especially in the Sahelian zone;
- Promoting regional integration and cooperation, especially by encouraging the creation of a free-trade area;
- Seeking for a political solution to the conflict in Western Sahara, source of blockades for 30 years, recognizing the validity of the 2007 Moroccan proposal for autonomy;
- Putting the issue of Trans-Maghreb cooperation and regional integration back on the EU's political agenda particularly for common reflection purposes alongside the portfolios on Neighbourhood, Development, Trade and the new International Cooperation portfolio
- Strengthening the Euro-Maghreb partnership, by relying more on existing complementarities (energy and sustainable development in particular) between the EU and the Maghreb in particular.
Find the Thomas More Institute report on April 7th 2010, 12 A.M. on: http://www.institut-thomas-more.org/mag/index.html
This note will also be discussed in a conference in Brussels, on April 7th 2010. Find details on : http://www.institut-thomas-more.org/mag/Carton.pdf
Contact: Caroline DUCARME c.ducarme@institut-thomas-more.org / +33 (0)1 49 49 03 30
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