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Union for the Mediterranean
Chudadová, Ivana ; Volenec, Otakar (advisor) ; Dubský, Zbyněk (referee)
The Union for the Mediterranean is a project of the European Union aimed at cooperation with the EU's southern neighbors, which has gradually changed over time. The region of southern and eastern Mediterranean has always been one of the priority spheres of interest of the European Union and the beginnings of Euro-Mediterranean cooperation may date from the 1970s onwards. century. But in the 1990s, more than twenty years of efforts to increase mutual trade and development of cooperation have resulted in the Euro-Mediterranean partnership, also known as the Barcelona Process that was the forerunner of the Union for the Mediterranean. And rightfully the Union for the Mediterranean, initiated in 2008 by the French president, was an attempt to revive interest in the Mediterranean region. The aim of the thesis is to analyze the nature of Euro-Mediterranean policies (from the Euro-Mediterranean partnership through the European Neighborhood Policy to the Union for the Mediterranean), with emphasis being placed on both the formal (institutional) and the practical aspects of the Union for the Mediterranean project. After briefly characterizing the institutional framework of the UpS, the work focuses on the results and effectiveness of its economic, political, security, human rights and cultural projects and policies, while not forgetting to mention the major challenges and barriers that are hampering closer cooperation between the two shores of the Mediterranean.
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International Context of the Mediterranean Union Project
Vincentová, Romana ; Eichler, Jan (advisor) ; Dubský, Zbyněk (referee)
This work focuses on the Mediterranean Union project proposed by Nicolas Sarkozy during the French presidential campaign in 2007. It represents a comprehensive portrayal of the Mediterranean region which has been due to its unique characteristics the center of attention of various international parties involved. These have been trying to take advantage of the Mediterranean Sea potential namely since the end of the 20th century and, at the same time, to introduce stability by means of various integration groups and further projects of cooperation. The Barcelona Process was the most complex partnership project within the Mediterranean territory which was launched by the European Union in 1995. The Barcelona Process or the Euro-Mediterranean Partnership nevertheless has not brought any significant achievements, with the Israeli-Palestinian conflict being considered the greatest impediment to its success. The work stresses the significance of the new project of the Mediterranean Union, which should learn a lesson from all the previous and, in many aspects unsuccessful, integration efforts and try to find a different way which would lead to achieving stability and cooperation of the countries within the region. In 2008, the Union for the Mediterranean developed from the Mediterranean Union project, which should reassume within the most possible extent the Barcelona Process. At the same time, the new integration approach should not consist of setting general goals but of formulating specific goals and their gradual implementation, which could lead to the unity of the region in the end. Complex political issues, however, still pose the major threat today.
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