Union for the Mediterranean

The Union for the Mediterranean is a forum for dialogue and partnership between the member states of the European Union and African and Middle Eastern countries in the Mediterranean Basin, with the aim of strengthening relations among them. It was created as a relaunched Euro-Mediterranean Partnership (Barcelona Process) in 2008, when a plan to create an autonomous Mediterranean Union was dropped.

The Union encompasses all 27 EU member states and 16 states from around the Mediterranean: Albania, Algeria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Egypt, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Mauritania, Monaco, Montenegro, Morocco, the Palestinian Authority, Syria, Tunisia and Turkey. The headquarters of the Union is in Barcelona.