The initial goal is to create a matrix of free trade agreements between each partner and the other. A single free trade area should then be created, including the European Union. 2 Over the past 15 years, important research has been carried out on the EMFTA and how to assess the development of a free trade area. Several studies have focused on „results indicators” and examined the evolution of trade between the EU and the CNCs or the exchanges between MNCs. In general, these studies have shown that trade between the EU and the Mediterranean region is less restrictive [5], which has led to an increase in trade between the two regions [6], but that trade between MNCs remains rather limited. [7] However, it is quite difficult to assess the impact of ACTION/EPI on this trade development, just as WTO agreements, CNC reforms and international and endogenous economic factors have played an important role in this regard. [8] Other studies have focused on the impact of EU trade measures on the MNC economy, such as .B assessment of the economy`s impact on the impact of the impact on sustainable development (AAA) that the European Commission itself had ordered. This study showed that economic prosperity could be expected to improve both in the EU and in the Mediterranean basin, as a result of the creation of ceMTA, but that there could be negative social and environmental consequences if additional measures are not taken, such as the increase in unemployment.B. [9] Unlike these studies, which focus on the outcome and effects of the EMFTA and thus focus on economic factors, this article will examine the political causes of the slow implementation of the EMFTA.
As a result, the targets set in 1995 will be compared to actual results and the focus will be on „achievement” indicators, i.e. on the free trade regimes currently in place. 19 Although considerable progress has been made in the implementation of CETA, such as the opening of negotiations on agricultural products and services or the conclusion of the Agadir Agreement, a combination of factors has hindered the completion of a truly deep and comprehensive free trade area this year, as envisaged in the Barcelona Declaration fifteen years ago. Firstly, by being an internally contradictory and compartmentalized commercial personality, the EU has prevented the EU from creating important incentives for MNCs, such as the free trade of agricultural products or the free movement of people. Secondly, because of these incentive difficulties, the EU is unable to convince some of its main partners, such as Algeria or Syria, of the benefits of CEMTA. Most MNCs did not have considerable bargaining power to convince the EU to deliver on its promise to create a full-fledged free trade agreement. Moreover, because of political differences, the MDCs have not been able to cooperate and integrate economically, but also because they have similar economic production structures. This is why relations between the EU and the Mediterranean region are always best placed to be caricatured as a hub and spoke relationship instead of an inter-regional partnership.
