biggest EU economies with the Southern Mediterranean Countries (SMCs). Algeria, Morocco and Tunisia are still strongly tied to … focused in Egypt, while the four other SMCs appear not to be priorities for non-Mediterranean EU countries. These differences … countries with strong economic links. EU external policy is still largely driven by member states' interests. Hence building …

developments, calling into question the future of their domestic political systems and the future of the EU partnership with its … Southern Neighbourhood. Against this backdrop, this paper analyses and assesses the EU's development assistance to the region … development assistance (ODA), section three analyses the impact of the EU's ODA to the southern and eastern Mediterranean against …

The paper analyses the 1996 EU food aid reform and addresses the question of its impact on improving EU food aid … the analysis finds that EU food aid in kind is increasingly targeted towards developing countries affected by food … importance in EU food aid allocation during the recent years. However, even though progress is noticeable, the results suggest a …