Ambassador (Delegation of the European Commission in Egypt)

Since 1977 there has been a Partnership Agreement between the European Union (EU) and Egypt and in the year 2001 the Association Agreement was signed. It came into force last summer. Which has been the impact, the consequences in this first year for the EU and for Egypt.

Let me make perhaps a preliminary remark first. The European countries and Egypt share thousands of years of history, of cultural exchanges, of population movements, of economic ties which is a strong basis, obviously. So it can not come as a surprise t ...