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“Sarkozy is flagrantly ignoring the legacy of the French Revolution and the democratic values that characterise the French state through an illusion that he is calling the Mediterranean Union,” said Tammo.
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Sarkozy, who is determined to restore la gloire de la France in the eyes of the world, is using that position to launch a kind of sister organization called the Mediterranean Union — comprising E.U. members and nearly all the other countries bordering the Mediterranean Sea — that would cooperate on regional projects and, perhaps, help lead to peace in the Middle East.
Paris Match Orth, Maureen 2008
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"The Mediterranean Union is a challenge for all of us in Europe," she said.
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In a nutshell, the Mediterranean Union is a vehicle for EU development aid, whereas the goal of the Eastern Partnership is to promote political, economic, and legislative convergence with the EU.
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In a nutshell, the Mediterranean Union is a vehicle for EU development aid, whereas the goal of the Eastern Partnership is to promote political, economic, and legislative convergence with the EU.
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The Mediterranean Union is your baby, you brought it up, and without French nourishment the baby won't survive.
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When it was initially conceived by Sarkozy during his 2007 presidential campaign, this so-called Mediterranean Union of states bordering the Mediterranean - including all of North Africa, Israel, Turkey and Southern Europe - was intended to enhance France's global leadership and stabilize the soft underbelly of Europe from the threat of Islamic extremism and attendant poverty which was pumping unwanted Arab illegal immigrants into southern Europe.
Amb. Marc Ginsberg: "No Vacancy" at Sarkozy's Club Med Amb. Marc Ginsberg 2011
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When it was initially conceived by Sarkozy during his 2007 presidential campaign, this so-called Mediterranean Union of states bordering the Mediterranean - including all of North Africa, Israel, Turkey and Southern Europe - was intended to enhance France's global leadership and stabilize the soft underbelly of Europe from the threat of Islamic extremism and attendant poverty which was pumping unwanted Arab illegal immigrants into southern Europe.
Amb. Marc Ginsberg: "No Vacancy" at Sarkozy's Club Med Amb. Marc Ginsberg 2011
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Haaretz writer Michalis Firillas summed up Mr. Sarkozy's plan tidily in January 2008: "For some, his Mediterranean Union is a containment policy.
Heirs to Fortuyn? 2009
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Initially a Polish-Swedish proposal endorsed in June by all member states, the Eastern Partnership is designed to deepen ties with the "European neighbours" to the east, balancing the 'Mediterranean Union' with the southern "neighbours of Europe," as Polish MEP Jacek Saryusz-Wolski put it.
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