Originally concluded in February 1975, the Lomé agreement linking the EEC with some 58 African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) states expired in March 1980. The relationship was renewed by the Second Lomé Convention signed on October 31, 1979. Our author takes a critical view of this new...

After the European Community’s agreement with the Maghreb countries and the Lomé Convention the trump cards have been played in the game of the EC's Mediterranean policy in the traditional sense. A new game is starting now, and the distribution of the cards is different.

Turkey once chose the road into the EC of its own free will. This decision was consistent with its European orientation since the days of Atatürk. The association with the EC and the prospect of full membership are nevertheless attracting much criticism in Turkey today. Therefore it is...