Enhancing economic cooperation between EU and Maghreb countries [Recurso electrónico] : Algeria, Morocco and Tunisia Francis Ghilès

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Reinforcing trade, investment and training links remains vital for the EU as the «Re-newed Partnership with the Southern Neigh-bourhood Economic and Investment Plan for the Southern Neighbours» policy document released by the Commission on February 9th 2021 makes clear. Russia, China and Turkey’s growing economic and security presence in the Maghreb give rise to concern in the EU and explain its desire to strengthen ties with Maghreb countries.The impression remains however that the two shores of the western Mediterranean are talking past one another, despite the dense network of links the EU has knitted with civil society in the Maghreb. Since the pandemic brought questions of security of supply to the fore, the benefits of nearshoring parts of the value chain from Asian countries to the EU’s near abroad would include decreasing the environmental costs of transport, sharing similar time zones and reducing cultural discrepancies and language barriers.