Publication of report on relations between Egypt and the European Union

Background and further information:

This report was written in line with the EU's European Neighbourhood Policy and covers the cooperation with Egypt for the period January 2015 - May 2017. Over this period, the EU focus was on supporting Egypt's economic, social and political development to improve the prospects of its people and contribute to stabilisation and long-term prosperity of the country but also the region.

Both parties reconfirmed the importance of their relations and cooperation by jointly agreeing on new Partnership Priorities in December 2016. Those set the basis for further strengthening EU-Egypt cooperation in areas of common interest and concern, notably economic reforms, governance, human rights, rule of law and efforts towards a more open society but also migration and security/counterterrorism, as well as closer dialogue and cooperation on regional issues.

The report came ahead of the 7th EU-Egypt Association Council, held on 25 July 2017.

The European Commission and the European External Action Service (EEAS) published on 17 July 2017 a report on the relations between Egypt and the European Union.

It assesses the achievements and policy developments in Egypt with a focus on priority areas of EU-Egypt cooperation, as included in the EU-Egypt Partnership Priorities.

• Primary Source

ESO: Key Source: Relations between Egypt and the European Union http://www.europeansources.info/record/egypt-and-the-eu/

EU: EEAS: Report on EU-Egypt relations in the framework of the revised ENP [PDF link] https://eeas.europa.eu/sites/eeas/files/2017_report_on_eu-egypt_relations_2015-2017.pdf

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