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Euroregion, alliance of seven Southern European Union states
EUMED Group EuroMed 9
Map of Europe indicating the member countries of the Med Group
Membership Establishment 17 December 2013 • Total
1,756,859 km2 (678,327 sq mi) • 2019 estimate
202,842,388
[1] • Density
115/km2 (297.8/sq mi)
GDP (
PPP ) 2021 estimate • Total
$8.786 trillion
[2] (
4th )
GDP (nominal) 2021 estimate • Total
$7.140 trillion
[2] (
3rd )
EU Med , EuroMed 9 , or MED9 (formerly MED7 ;
[3] from EU rope Med iterranean), which is also referred to as "Club Med" and "Med Group", is an alliance of nine
Mediterranean and
Southern European Union
member states :
Croatia ,
Cyprus ,
France ,
Greece ,
Italy ,
Malta ,
Portugal ,
Slovenia and
Spain . They are part of the
Mediterranean Basin . All nine countries are states of the
European Union , part of the
eurozone (
euro currency), and all except Cyprus are part of the unbounded
Schengen Area .
History
The Group was informally established on 17 December 2013 in
Brussels at the initiative of the Foreign Ministers of Cyprus and Spain in order to create coordination on issues of common interest within the
EU .
[4]
It was decided that the group would hold an annual meeting at the ministerial level. The first ministerial meeting was to take place in Greece in 2014, during Greece's
presidency of the Council , but instead took place on 14 April in
Alicante .
[5]
[6]
[7]
The second meeting took place in February 2015 in Paris.
[8] The 3rd Ministerial Meeting of the Mediterranean Group took place in Cyprus in February 2016 which was also attended by the Secretary General of the
Union for the Mediterranean (UfM),
Fathallah Sijilmassi . The Foreign Ministers discussed security and stability issues in
North Africa and the
Middle East as well as the handling of the
migration crisis .
[9]
[10]
[11]
The Group held its 1st Southern EU countries' Summit on 9 September 2016 at the
Zappeion Palace in
Athens .
[12] Following the summit, the Athens Declaration was issued calling for investment to tackle youth unemployment and support growth, as well as stronger EU cooperation on issues of security and migration.
[13]
[14] The next summit is scheduled to take place in Spain, at the
Royal Palace of El Pardo .
[15]
The seventh meeting was made on 10 September 2020 in
Porticcio ,
Corsica , and concerned Turkey's concurrent unilateral activities in the eastern Mediterranean.
[16]
In 2021 it was announced during the
Prime Minister
Janez Janša 's visit to Greece that
Slovenia will join the group with a support of France, Spain and Greece.
Croatia and Slovenia first attended the 17th September 2021 Athens meeting.
[17]
[18]
Members
Arms
Flag
State
Capital
Code
Population (2019)
[1]
Area
Population density
GDP (nominal) US$ million
Head of Government
Croatia
Zagreb
HR
4,067,500
56,594 km2 (21,851 sq mi)
72/km2 (190/sq mi)
65,217
Andrej Plenković
Cyprus
Nicosia
CY
875,898
9,251 km2 (3,572 sq mi)
95/km2 (250/sq mi)
26,479
Nikos Christodoulides
France
Paris
FR
67,813,396
640,679 km2 (247,368 sq mi)
105/km2 (270/sq mi)
2,938,271
Gabriel Attal
Greece
Athens
GR
10,722,287
131,990 km2 (50,960 sq mi)
81/km2 (210/sq mi)
209,857
Kyriakos Mitsotakis
Italy
Rome
IT
60,359,546
301,338 km2 (116,347 sq mi)
200/km2 (520/sq mi)
2,106,287
Giorgia Meloni
Malta
Valletta
MT
493,559
316 km2 (122 sq mi)
1,562/km2 (4,050/sq mi)
16,476
Robert Abela
Portugal
Lisbon
PT
10,276,617
92,390 km2 (35,670 sq mi)
111/km2 (290/sq mi)
257,391
Luís Montenegro
Slovenia
Ljubljana
SI
2,084,301
20,271 km2 (7,827 sq mi)
103/km2 (270/sq mi)
59,132
Robert Golob
Spain
Madrid
ES
46,934,632
504,030 km2 (194,610 sq mi)
93/km2 (240/sq mi)
1,461,552
Pedro Sánchez
9 total
202,842,388
1,756,859 km2 (678,327 sq mi)
115/km2 (300/sq mi)
7,140,662
Summits
09 September 2016 in
Athens ,
Greece
28 January 2017 in
Lisbon ,
Portugal
10 April 2017 in
Madrid ,
Spain
10 January 2018 in
Rome ,
Italy
29 January 2019 in
Nicosia ,
Cyprus
14 June 2019 in
Valletta ,
Malta
10 September 2020 in
Porticcio (
Corsica ),
France
17 September 2021 in
Athens ,
Greece
09 December 2022 in
Alicante ,
Spain
29 September 2023 in
Mdina ,
Malta
See also
References
^
a
b
"Population on 1st January by age, sex and type of projection" .
Eurostat . Retrieved 1 February 2020 .
^
a
b
"World Economic Outlook Database, 2019" . IMF.org .
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"Ministerial Meeting of the "Med Group": UfM Secretary General presents state of play and perspectives for regional integration in the Mediterranean - Union for the Mediterranean - UfM" . Ufmsecretariat.org. 2016-02-26. Retrieved 2016-10-20 .
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"Cyprus - 3rd informal Ministerial Meeting of the "Med Group" - Joint Communiqué (25-26.02.16) - France-Diplomatie - Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Development" . Diplomatie.gouv.fr. 2016-02-26. Retrieved 2016-10-20 .
^ Kambas, Michele (2016-09-09).
"EU Med nations hold summit on growth, EU paymasters question motive | Reuters" . Uk.reuters.com. Retrieved 2016-10-20 .
^ Dr. Michael Ivanovitch (2016-09-11).
"Bratislava EU talkfest will ignore pain in Club Med economies" . Cnbc.com. Retrieved 2016-10-20 .
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"Club Med does Bratislava" . Neweurope.eu. Archived from
the original on 2019-08-09. Retrieved 2016-10-20 .
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"Spain to host southern EU leaders Brexit meeting" .
EURACTIV . March 30, 2017. Retrieved September 17, 2020 .
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"EU Med leaders threaten Turkey with sanctions for 'unilateral' actions in Mediterranean" . seenews.com . Retrieved 11 September 2020 .
^
"Cyprus problem to be discussed at upcoming EUMed summit" . cyprus-mail.com . Retrieved 17 September 2021 .
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"Hrvatska je od danas dio EU MED, osnažujemo utjecaj i mediteransku pripadnost [Croatia part of EU MED from today, strengthening our influence and Mediterranean affilitation]" . vlada.gov.hr (in Croatian). Retrieved 24 September 2021 .
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