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Nouveaux Etats membres et pays partenaires méditerranéens; Partenaires ou concurrents?

Initiated by the French Embassy in Tunisia, in association with the Romanian and the Hungarian Embassies,this event falls within the three Mediterranean presidencies of the EU: Portugal in the second semester of 2007, Slovenia in the first semester of 2008 and France in the second semester of 2008.

Ministers, politicians, business men and other personalities from the Members States concerned by the event, were invited to exchange views about the new dimension of the EU- Mediterranean States partnership. Two aspects were highlighted: on the one hand, the Mediterranean dimension of Europe and, on the other hand, the role of Member States in the Mediterranean Sea space.


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On the 22th of May 2008, « Le Monde » published a joint letter signed by three former presidents of the European Commission, ten former prime ministers and five former ministers of finance. Initiated by Michel Rocard, Poul Nyrup Rasmussen and Daniel Dăianu, the letter expresses the signatories' concern about the current financial crisis and its effect on world economy.

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Daniel Daianu's most recent book "The macroeconomics of EU integration.The case of Romania" has been published.