THE EU - MOROCCO RELATIONS IN THE FRAMEWORK OF THE EUROPEAN NEIGHBOURHOOD POLICY

Adrian Liviu Ivan (), Ruxandra Nuþ and Claudia Mera
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Adrian Liviu Ivan: Babe?-Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca, Romania
Ruxandra Nuþ: Babe?-Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca, Romania
Claudia Mera: Babe?-Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca, Romania

A chapter in EURINT Proceedings 2013, 2013, vol. 1, pp 104-115 from Centre for European Studies, Alexandru Ioan Cuza University

Abstract: As a large-scale political and economic project, the EU aims to provide a stable framework for development and growth within it and to develop good relations with its immediate vicinity. Thus, in 2003, the EU proclaims the European Neighbourhood Policy, which draws attention to the fact that its purpose is to address multiple chapters of the political life. The EU seems to have thought that the ENP is the optimal solution between a policy of continuous enlargement and a foreign policy, considered to be too general to respond efficiently and effectively to issues that must be addressed differently, depending on the structural conditions of each actor. In this context, the European Community and later the EU, have focused on the Southern Mediterranean area since the 60's, with the two parts proposing and developing close economic, social and trading relations. Morocco, as a Southern Mediterranean country, has benefited from the relations with the EU, conducted in the general scheme of the ENP, expressed through a significant economic growth and an increased level of security. On the other hand, Morocco has also experienced a series of changes in society, in terms of economic and political behaviour, identifying a departure from the traditionalism of the Arab culture. We believe that these social changes are an indirect consequence of the cooperation between Morocco and the European Union, within the framework of the ENP.

Keywords: European Neighbourhood Policy; European Union; Morocco; Barcelona Declaration; Union for the Mediterranean (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2013
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