Bulletin n. 3/2008
February 2009
CONTENTS
  • Section A) The theory and practise of the federal states and multi-level systems of government
  • Section B) Global governance and international organizations
  • Section C) Regional integration processes
  • Section D) Federalism as a political idea
    • Rossetti Di Valdalbero Domenico, Aydemir Melis
    La Méditerranée au coeur des politiques énergétiques et environnementales de l'UE?
    in Revue de l'Union européenne/Revue du Marché Commun et de l'Union européenne , n. 522, octobre-novembre ,  2008 ,  597-604
    The Mediterranean is an emblematic region of several socioeconomic, environmental and energy-related challenges: population pressure from the South and preferred connection on the Africa-Europe migratory route; a sensitive point for the issues of "water and climate change"; and above all, key region for the European Union (EU) of the big energy issues of today and tomorrow. With nearly three quarters of the black gold imported into the EU passing through the Mediterranean, the Mare Nostrum acts like an oil hub. It also plays a major role for the supplies of natural gas, whether via gas pipelines or liquid natural gas tankers from Algeria, the Middle East or the Caspian sea. In fact, the South and the East of the Mediterranean display a considerable renewable energy potential, both in terms of solar and wind capacities. In short, the Union for the Mediterranean, an extension and consolidation of the Barcelona Process, is not only welcome as a response to the stability, peace and development challenges in the region, but also as an instrument for implementing the EU's emerging policy regarding energy and climate.
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