Launched in early 1970 and based largely on the Arab policy of France, the idea of a Euro-Arab dialogue took shape in 1973 following the Yom Kippur War

Yom Kippur War

The Yom Kippur War, Ramadan War or October War , also known as the 1973 Arab-Israeli War and the Fourth Arab-Israeli War, was fought from October 6 to 25, 1973, between Israel and a coalition of Arab states led by Egypt and Syria...

 and the first oil shock

1973 oil crisis

The 1973 oil crisis started in October 1973, when the members of Organization of Arab Petroleum Exporting Countries or the OAPEC proclaimed an oil embargo. This was "in response to the U.S. decision to re-supply the Israeli military" during the Yom Kippur war. It lasted until March 1974. With the...

, thanks to French President Georges Pompidou

Georges Pompidou

Georges Jean Raymond Pompidou was a French politician. He was Prime Minister of France from 1962 to 1968, holding the longest tenure in this position, and later President of the French Republic from 1969 until his death in 1974.-Biography:...

 and his Foreign Minister, Michel Jobert

Michel Jobert

Michel Jobert was a French politician. He served as Minister of Foreign Affairs under Georges Pompidou, and as Minister of External Commerce under François Mitterrand....

. Jobert said that dialogue was based on "sincerity" and not a "skill". The parties were the European Economic Community

European Economic Community

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 and the Arab League

Arab League

The Arab League , officially called the League of Arab States , is a regional organisation of Arab states in North and Northeast Africa, and Southwest Asia . It was formed in Cairo on 22 March 1945 with six members: Egypt, Iraq, Transjordan , Lebanon, Saudi Arabia, and Syria. Yemen joined as a...

. It was reviewed in depth the nature of the Euro-Arab relations and to achieve a radical reform of relations between partners on the basis of equality and respect for individual interests. At the same time, the Euro-Arab dialogue was a strong political content and aimed at creating a Euro-Arab cooperation against the U.S. policy in the Middle East.

The 2005 summit of the Euro-Arab Euromediterranean Partnership

Euromediterranean Partnership

The Euro-Mediterranean Partnership started in 1995 with the Barcelona Euro-Mediterranean Conference. The European Union stated the intention of this "partnership" is "to strengthen its relations with the countries in the Mashriq and Maghreb regions"...

, reached as two of its "four fundamental areas", the explicit agenda of "Education and Cultural Exchange" and "Justice, Security, Migration, and Social Integration (of Immigrants)."

Literature

• Dajani, Ahmed. Dialogue euro-arabe, point de vue arabe, (in Arab). Le Caire : Maktaba anglo-égyptienne, 1976.
• Khader, Bichara. L'Europe et le monde arabe: Cousins, voisins. Paris : Publisud, 1992.
• Saint-Prot, Charles (dir.). Le dialogue euro-arabe. Paris : Revue d’études des relations internationales, n°34, été 1981.
• Saint-Prot Charles et El TIBI Zeina (dir.). Quelle union pour quelle Méditerranée ? Contributions de Mustapha Cherif, Emmanuel Dupuy, Henri Guaino, Bichara Khader, Jawad Kerdoudi , Alain Leroy, Antoine-Tristan Mocilnikar , Hatem M’rad , Pierre Pascallon, Gilles Pennequin, Salah Stétié. Paris : Observatoire d'études géopolitiques, Études géopolitiques 9- Karthala, 2008.