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'This is not just a political declaration. Our deeper cooperation is a strategic choice,' commission vice president Dubravka Suica said on Thursday. However, details on how much of this is new funding and what will be substantively different about projects such as the Mediterranean University, are still unclear (Photo: European Commission)

Detail unclear on how much is new in EU's 'strategic' Mediterranean Pact

The EU made promises to set up a university for the Mediterranean region and a renewable energy programme as part of a ‘Pact for the Mediterranean’ on Thursday (16 October) — but it is uncl...

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Benjamin Fox is a seasoned reporter and editor, previously working for fellow Brussels publication Euractiv. His reporting has also been published in the Guardian, the East African, Euractiv, Private Eye and Africa Confidential, among others. He heads up the AU-EU section at EUobserver, based in Nairobi, Kenya.

'This is not just a political declaration. Our deeper cooperation is a strategic choice,' commission vice president Dubravka Suica said on Thursday. However, details on how much of this is new funding and what will be substantively different about projects such as the Mediterranean University, are still unclear (Photo: European Commission)

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Author Bio

Benjamin Fox is a seasoned reporter and editor, previously working for fellow Brussels publication Euractiv. His reporting has also been published in the Guardian, the East African, Euractiv, Private Eye and Africa Confidential, among others. He heads up the AU-EU section at EUobserver, based in Nairobi, Kenya.

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