The EU: The trouble with difficult neighbours

Joshua Chaffin finds fault with both sides in an uneasy relationship between the EU and its Arab neighbours to the South.

If Europe fails to encourage prosperity and stability, then policymakers fear that the trickle of refugees that have taken to the Mediterranean Sea in recent months could soon become a flood. However, are there also other ways to help the region.

Article forms part of a FT: Special Report ' New trade routes. The Arab World'.

ESO: Background information: EU seeks to spur north Africa reform http://www.europeansources.info/record/eu-seeks-to-spur-north-africa-reform/

ESO: Background information: Joint Communication ... A new response to a changing neighbourhood http://www.europeansources.info/record/joint-communication-to-the-european-parliament-the-council-the-european-economic-and-social-committee-and-the-committee-of-the-regions-a-new-response-to-a-changing-neighbourhood/

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