it's really hard for me to see this union of the mediterranean as anything but a vanity project for nicolas sarkozy. there doesn't seem to be a pressing need for such an organization. it's just a way to give turkey membership in a union that isn't the european union, the membership the turks actually want, and to cut out the U.K. and germany from a new international organization.
sarkozy says those two countries have to be excluded because they just don't seem to border the mediterranean. don't blame sarzoky, blame geography. except that the U.K. is technically a mediterranean power because it still has sovereignty over gibraltar. also, sarkozy wants to include jordan, which doesn't border the mediterranean.
but jordan has to be included, because sarkozy really wants to use the MU to solve the israeli-palestinian conflict. proving once again that the I/P issue is the #1 source for presidential vanity projects.
