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The European Union in the Eastern Mediterranean in 2020: Whither Strategic Autonomy.

Authors :
Grigoriadis, Ioannis N.
Source :
Journal of Common Market Studies; Jul2023, Vol. 61 Issue 4, pe1-e11, 11p
Publication Year :
2023

Abstract

The Eastern Mediterranean has emerged as one of the new high-priority regions for EU foreign and security policy and an acid test for the EU's strategic autonomy. European Council (Brussels: European Council). https://www.consilium.europa.eu/en/press/press-releases/2021/04/06/remarks-by-president-charles-michel-after-his-meeting-in-ankara-with-president-recep-tayyip-erdogan/pdf 24 Ministry of Europe and Foreign Affairs of the French Republic (2020) 'Ajaccio declaration after the 7th Summit of the Southern EU countries (MED7)'. This article is based on primary and secondary sources identifying the concept of "strategic autonomy" and exploring how EU foreign policymaking has been tested in one of the most significant recent regional crises, affecting key EU security and diplomatic interests and whether the goal of EU strategic autonomy, as raised in several public statements and policy documents of the European Union has come any closer. Besides, the European Council noted that 'regrettably Turkey has engaged in unilateral actions and provocations and escalated its rhetoric against the EU, EU Member States and European leaders', while it underscored its cooperative and complementary approach with the United States on 'the coordination of the matters relating to Turkey and the situation in the Eastern Mediterranean' (European Council, [12], pp. 11-12). [Extracted from the article]

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
00219886
Volume :
61
Issue :
4
Database :
Complementary Index
Journal :
Journal of Common Market Studies
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
164115176
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1111/jcms.13247