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Pierre Vallaud: "Democracy has not succeeded in the South and East of the Mediterranean"

MEDITERRANEAN: As a specialist in contemporary history, historian Pierre Vallaud gives econostrum.info an exclusive overview of the current geopolitical situation in the Mediterranean. He admits his lack of optimism regarding the resolution of the main conflicts that are distancing this region from its goal of a common destiny.

Lebanon in search of fuel

LEBANON. Without diesel and gas, Lebanon is at a standstill.

Egypt at the heart of the revival of the peace process between Israel and Palestine

ISRAEL / EGYPT / PALESTINE. As Israel presents a process to create stability between Israel and the Gaza Strip, its Prime Minister went to Egypt to seek support.

Lebanon's new government faces crucial challenges

LEBANON. With his new team presented, the new Prime Minister Najib Mikati immediately set about trying to resolve the economic and social crisis facing his country and hoping for the release of conditional international aid.

Mohammed VI appoints Aziz Akhannouch as head of the Moroccan government

MOROCCO. As a logical and constitutional consequence of the victory in the Moroccan legislative elections of the National Rally of Independents (RNI), King Mohammed VI has appointed the leader of this party, Aziz Akhannouch, to form the future government.

Ceuta and Melilla survey

Ceuta and Melilla, barometers of relations between Morocco and Spain

Ceuta and Melilla, barometers of relations between Morocco and Spain

Western Sahara survey (in 3 parts)

Survey on the question of Western Sahara Part 3/3: Economic data. A desert full of resources

Survey on the question of Western Sahara Part 3/3: Economic data. A desert full of resources

Libya survey (6 parts)

Libya's economic outlook: Too many clouds block the horizon of a diversification

Libya's economic outlook: Too many clouds block the horizon of a diversification

Society / Institutions - 09/09/2021 Moroccan legislative elections severely punish the ruling Islamist Party MOROCCO. In power for ten years, the Justice and Development Party has been reduced from 125 to 12 deputies in the future national assembly. EU Council grants €14.2bn in pre-accession aid 09/08/2021 G7 ambassadors call for a return to the rule of law in Tunisia 09/07/2021	Industry - 07/28/2021 EU to build its quantum communications infrastructure EU. All Member States commit to explore, over the next twelve months, how to develop and deploy a quantum communication infrastructure across the EU over the next ten years. Dislog industries welcomes Mediterrania Capital Partners in its capital 07/22/2021 Italian fashion house Etro to be acquired by LVMH 07/20/2021	Services - 09/08/2021 Emerging Mediterranean honours five start-ups from the Southern Mediterranean MEDITERRANEAN. Emerging Mediterranean has selected the five finalist start-ups, one per country, of its acceleration programme. European banks still love tax havens 09/07/2021 EIB and Santander join forces to provide €2bn to companies affected by the crisis 06/22/2021
Environment - 06/10/2021 European Commission takes France and Italy to court over poor water quality EU. France for its untreated wastewater in a hundred agglomerations and Italy for its unsafe drinking water in six areas of the country will have to explain themselves to the European Court of Justice. Spain invests €1.55bn to convert to green hydrogen 05/25/2021 Two floating wind projects to emerge in the Mediterranean 05/20/2021	Transport - 06/28/2021 Ground-breaking ceremony for the Istanbul Canal TURKEY. Recep Tayyip Erdogan officially launched the construction of the Istanbul Canal, a new maritime route which will allow ships to link the Black Sea to the Sea of Marmara. The Ouigo Madrid Barcelona high-speed line kicks off the battle for rail in Spain 05/07/2021 European Commission accepts €4bn recapitalisation of Air France 04/06/2021	People - 09/02/2021 EBRD appoints two new directors in Morocco and Tunisia MOROCCO / TUNISIA. The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development announces the appointment of two new managers in the Maghreb, Antoine Sallé de Chou in Casablanca and Nodira Mansurova in Tunis. EBRD appoints two new officials in Morocco and Tunisia 09/02/2021 French-Tunisian to head EBRD office in Beirut 08/26/2021

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Emerging Mediterranean honours five start-ups from the Southern Mediterranean

09/08/2021

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Mohammed VI appoints Aziz Akhannouch as head of the Moroccan government

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09/02/2021

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