The Role of the Euro-Mediterranean Relations Facing the Economic Crisis

To a certain extent, one can see that the resilience of the south Mediterranean economies is due to the same factors that limited their economic expansion during the past decade.The UfM supports the domestic growth drivers. To this end, the renewed goals of the regional trade agreement should be focused on the internal demand as a key source of development. One ofthe ways to increase the domestic demand is to enhance the purchasing power of the poor sections of society, which include poor and small farmers; micro, small and medium enterprises and those belonging to the informal sector, through provisions of adequate developmental incentives.