The coup d’État overthrowing President Ould Taya on 03/08/2005 went beyond the classic format of a coup, already experienced in Mauritania.
The year 2005 was, in some ways, a misleading one as far the incidence of terrorism in the Mediterranean region was concerned.
It appears self-evident in Turkey that the European Union is the final destination that the country is moving towards.
The year 2005 saw the first meeting of the Mediterranean Social Forum (FSMed), a process that forms a part of the World Social Forum and is in keeping with its Charter of Principles.
One of the potentials and, at the same time, one of the most important challenges of the Euro-Mediterranean region, concerns the status of women and their citizen participation.
In 2005, the EU launched a Strategy for Africa: an ambitious plan to support Africa’s development, both south and north of the Sahara.
Prior to exploring the Syrian withdrawal from Lebanon as an essential event in 2005, both in this small country and in the entire region, it is imperative to speak of the months preceding the year of great events.
The challenges for territorial cooperation in the Mediterranean are easier to predict for the year 2006, due to a combination of several different factors.
All roads led to Barcelona at the end of November 2005. The Euro-Mediterranean community assembled in this historic city for the Partnership’s first ever Summit.
