A PROJECT for EUROPE. Reflections and Proposals for the Spanish Presidency of the Council of the European Union

A PROJECT FOR EUROPE. Reflections and proposals for the Spanish Presidency of the Council of the European Union

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This document was drafted by the Editorial Board with the invaluable help of numerous persons who kindly wished to contribute with their ideas and reflections. Some of them participated in discussion groups in Barce- lona, while others were interviewed in Madrid and Brussels. The editing organisations thank them for their good will, and point out that under no circumstances do the people listed below have any responsibility whatso- ever with regard to the contents of this document.

Ramón Abaroa, Deputy General for Central and Southern Europe, Min- istry of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation; Eliseo Aja, Professor of Consti- tutional Law, University of Barcelona; Evren Dagdelen Akgun, Counsel- lor for political criteria for enlargement, Permanent Delegation of Turkey to the EU; Menuar Alem, Ambassador of Morocco to the EU; Laura Al- coverro, Advisor, Directorate General for International Relations, Vice Council for Foreign Affairs and Cooperation, Generalitat of Catalonia; Marta Angerri, Programme Director at Círculo de Economía; Joaquín Arango, Professor of Sociology, Madrid Complutense University; Ender Arat, Ambassador of Turkey to Spain; Guillermo Ardizone, Counsellor for the Mediterranean Area, Permanent Delegation of Spain to the EU; Alfonso Arias, Chairman of ANAV (Ascó-Vandellòs Nuclear Association); Engin Arikan, First Secretary, Permanent Delegation of Turkey to the EU; Gustavo de Arístegui, Spanish MP and Spokesperson for the PP (Popular Party), Congress of Deputies; Arturo Avello, Secretary General for Inter- national Relations and Immigration, Ministry of the Interior; Xavier Ba- dia, Director, Office for Promotion of Peace and Human Rights, Generali- tat of Catalonia; Marga Barceló, Euro-Mediterranean Relations, Provin- cial Government of Barcelona; M. Helena Bedoya, Legal Advisor, CITE- CCOO Trade Union; Stefano Bertozzi, Member of BEPA (Bureau of Euro- pean Policy Advisors); Francesc Boada, Chairman of Abantia; Bernard Brunet, Deputy Unit Manager, Maghreb, RELEX, European Commission; Ferran Camas, Head Tutor in Employment and Social Security Law, and Director of the Chair of Immigration Citizens’ Rights, University of Girona; Ignasi Camós, Advisory Member, Ministry of Employment and Immigra- tion; Carles Campuzano, Member of Catalonian Parliamentary Group, Congress of Deputies; Anne-Sophie Canihac, Unit of Justice, Freedom

91 and Security (JLS) B1-DG; Rosa Cañadas, Chairman Tanja Foundation; Laia Carbonell, Advisor for the Mediterranean Area, Directorate General of International Relations, Foreign Affairs and Cooperation, Generalitat of Catalonia; Sergio Carrera, Head of the Justice and Foreign Affairs Sec- tion, CEPS (Centre for European Policy Studies); Héctor Cebolla, Assist- ant Tutor, Department Sociology II, UNED (Spanish National Distance Learning University); Mohamed Chaïb, Member of Catalonian Parlia- ment; David Chico, State Secretariat for Immigration and Emigration, Ministry of Employment and Immigration; Manuel Cienfuegos, Tutor at Pompeu Fabra University; Carmen Claudín, Programme Director, CIDOB (Barcelona Center for International Studies); Gemma Collantes, Tutor of Political Science, City University London; Marie-Anne Conninsx, Head of Latin American Directorate Unit, European Commission; Xavier Coro- nas, delegate for Relations with the Union for the Mediterranean, Barce- lona Chamber of Commerce; Ángel Cortadelles, Director General of International Relations, Foreign Affairs and Cooperation, Generalitat of Catalonia; Joan Coscubiela, lawyer; Didier Cossé, Advisor, Mediterra- nean and the Middle East, General Secretariat, Council of the European Union; Paolo Martino Cossu, Head Administrator, Directorate General for Justice and Home Affairs, Council of the European Union; Oriol Cos- ta, Lecturer in International Relations, Autonomous University of Barce- lona; Ronaldo Costa Filho, Minister-Counsellor for the Brazilian Mission to the EU; Jordi Dolader, Chairman of Mercados EMI; Valentín Dueñas, Counsellor, Employment and Social Affairs, Coreper (Permanent Repre- sentatives Committee) Francisco Javier Elorza, Secretary General for Consular and Migratory Affairs; Francina Esteve, University of Girona; Laura Feliu, Head Tutor of International Relations, Autonomous Univer- sity of Barcelona; Jesús Fernández Caballero, Deputy General for Inter- national Relations and Immigration, Ministry of the Interior; Josep Ferré, General Manager, IEMed (European Institute of the Mediterranean); San- dra Ferrer, Consultant, Mediterranean/Middle East, COPCA-ACCIÓ (Consortium for Promotion of Catalonian Trade; Ruth Ferrero, Govern- ment Advisor; Senén Florensa, Director General, IEMed; Antoni Flos, Director of International Corporate Affairs, Gas Natural; Ramon Folch, Director General, ERF; Christian Freres, ICEI (Institute for International Studies), Madrid Complutense University; Julien Frey, EuropeAid Co- operation Office; Sandra Fuentes Berain, Mexican Ambassador to the EU; Francis Ghilès, Senior Researcher, CIDOB; María Nieves Gómez Mataran, Head of Development Cooperation Office, Provincial Council of Barcelona; Carmen González, Head of Immigration Programme, Real Instituto Elcano; Hans Grundberg, First Secretary, Barcelona Process, Permanent Representation of Sweden to the EU; Fred Halliday, Profes- sor of International Relations, Researcher at ICREA (Catalonian Institute for Advanced Research and Study), IBEI (Barcelona Institute for Interna- tional Studies); Jaime Hermida, Support Unit for the Latin American and Caribbean Cooperation Department, International Development Coop- eration Agency, MAEC (Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation); Claudia Hijuelos Franco, Minister of Political Affairs with the European Union, Mexican Embassy to the EU; Fadela Hilali, Assistant on the Med- iterranean and Middle East Programme, CIDOB; Mariona Illamola, Lec- turer in Public International Law and Member of the Chair of Immigration and Citizens’ Rights, University of Girona; Ferran Izaquierdo, Tutor in International Relations, Autonomous University of Barcelona; Claudia Jiménez, Autonomous University of Barcelona; Ignacio Jotvis, Pompeu Fabra University; Petra Larke, Counsellor for Enlargement, Permanent

Acknowledgements 92 Representation of Sweden to the EU; Gérard Lheure, Chairman of the French Chamber of Commerce in Barcelona; Joaquim Llimona, Chair- man of the Catalonian Council of the European Movement; Patricia Llombart, Assistant Head of Unit, Gulf Countries, Iran, Iraq and Yemen, RELEX, European Commission; Teresa Llorens, Coordinator for Depart- ment of Equality and Citizenship, Provincial Council of Barcelona; Fran- cisco Longo, Director of Institute for Public Management, ESADE Busi- ness School; Manuel López Blanco, Director, ACP II-West and Central Africa, Caribbean and OCT, DG for Development; Ana Maria López Sala, Head Scientist, CCHS (Centre for Human and Social Sciences), CSIC- Spanish Scientific Research Council; Rafael Martínez, Tutor at the Uni- versity of Barcelona; Montse Martín, President’s Office, Advisory Board for Endesa Cataluña; Mariano Marzo, Professor of Energy Resources; José Luis Martínez, Consultant; Rosa Massagué, Journalist, El Periódi- co; Gloria Minguez, Deputy General for Latin American Multilateral Or- ganisations, State Secretariat for Latin America, MAEC (Ministry of For- eign Affairs And Cooperation); Àngel Miret, Associate Tutor in Political Science, Pompeu Fabra University; Juan Francisco Montalbán Carras- co, Special Ambassador for Development Policies, Directorate General for Planning and Evaluation of Development Policies, MAEC (Ministry of For- eign Affairs and Cooperation); Anna Montaner, Head of Justice, Free- dom and Security, Catalonian Generalitat Delegation in Brussels; Sara Monterisi, EuropeAid Cooperation Office; Víctor Hugo Morales, Min- ister, Mexican Mission to the EU; Albert Moreno, Diplomatic Advisor, Presidency of the Generalitat of Catalonia; David Moya, Tutor in Consti- tutional Law, University of Barcelona; Fernando Nogales, Deputy Gen- eral for Western Europe, MAEC (Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Coopera- tion); Rosa Maria Nonell, Head Tutor in Economic Policy, University of Barcelona, and Advisor at Círculo de Economía; John O’Rourke, Director and Head of ENP General Coordination Unit (D1), European Commission; Andreu Olesti Rayo, University of Barcelona; Helena Oliván, Head of Communication, Documentation and Association Relations, Office for Promotion of Peace and Human Rights, Generalitat of Catalonia; Josep Oliver, Professor in Applied Economics, Autonomous University of Barce- lona; Enric Olivé, Director of the UNESCO Chair for Intercultural Dia- logue in the Mediterranean, Rovira i Virgili University, Tarragona; Martín Ortega, Director of the Analysis and Forecast Board, MAEC (Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation); Miguel Pajares, Researcher, GRECS - Research Group for Research in Social Exclusion and Control, University of Barcelona; Luis Miguel Pariza Castaños, Member of the Economic and Social Committee; José Luis Pardo, Deputy General for General Affairs, State Secretariat for the European Union, MAEC (Ministry of Foreign Af- fairs and Cooperation); Joan Parpal, Secretary General, MEDCITÉS, Bar- celona; Daniel Peluffo, Director for Mediterranean Area, Asia and East- ern Europe, Catalonian Development Cooperation Agency; Félix Peña, Director of Standard Bank Foundation, Tutor at Tres de Febrero University; Isabel Pera, Head of World Wide Alumni Manager, IDEC Pompeu Fabra University ; Francisco Pérez, Deputy Director for Justice and Foreign Af- fairs, Office of the Secretary of State for the EU;Àngel Pés, Deputy Gen- eral of La Caixa; Ferran Requejo, Tutor, Pompeu Fabra University; José Riera, Special Ambassador for Mediterranean Affairs, MAEC (Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation); Lluis Riera Figueras, Director, Direc- tory B, DG for Development; Marc Rimez, Coordinator for Cooperation with Latin America, International Relations Dept, Provincial Council of Barcelona; Joan Roca, Partner, Roca Junyent Legal Firm; Josep Roca,

CIDOB - CÍRCULO DE ECONOMÍA 93 Director of International Relations, Barcelona City Council; Elena Ro- dríguez Espinar, Advisor at Directorate General for International Rela- tions, Foreign Affairs and Cooperation, Vice Presidency, Generalitat of Catalonia; Eduard Roig, Government Advisor; Eduardo Rojo, Professor in Employment and Social Security Law, Autonomous University of Barce- lona; Eunice Romero, Immigration Advisor, Vice Presidency, Generalitat of Catalonia; Antoni Romero, Head of Mediterranean, Barcelona City Council; Adela Ros, Internet Interdisciplinary Institute, Open University of Catalonia; Joan Roura, International Deputy, Televisió de Catalunya; Josep Maria Rovira, Director General of Endesa Catalonia; Eduard Sa- garra, Tutor of Public International Law, University of Barcelona and EVADE Business School. Founding Partner of Roca Junyent Legal Firm; Ramón Sanahuja, Technical Immigration Office, Barcelona City Council; José Antonio Sanahuja, ICEI, Madrid Complutense University; Elvira Sánchez, General Technical Coordinator, Casa Asia; Stefano Sannino, Asst. Director General for Latin America, RELEX, European Commission; Paqui Santonja, Head of Euro-Mediterranean Relations, Provincial Coun- cil of Barcelona; Colin Scicluna, Advisor for the Mediterranean and Mid- dle East, General Secretariat for the Council of the European Union; An- toni Segura, Professor of History, University of Barcelona; Mohamed Sarwat Selim, Office of the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Egypt; Fidel Sendagorta, Director General for the Mediterranean, Maghreb and the Middle East, MAEC (Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation); Gem- ma Sendra, Director in chief for the transformation project for the Sant Pau Hospital, Muy Ilustrísima Administración, MIA; Ricardo Sennes, Uni- versity of São Paulo; Carlota Solé, Professor of Sociology, Autonomous University of Barcelona; Montserrat Soler, Assistant to Secretary for Im- migration, Generalitat of Catalonia; Juan Pablo Soriano, Tutor, Autono- mous University of Barcelona; Anna Terrón, Secretary for the EU, Gener- alitat of Catalonia; Jordi Torrent, Barcelona Port Authority; Ramón Tor- rent Macau, Director of the Globalisation Observatory, University of Bar- celona; Daniel de Torres, Mayor’s Commissioner for Immigration and Intercultural Dialogue, Barcelona City Council; Agustí Ulied, Tutor, ES- ADE Business School; Jesús Velásquez, Head of European Union Coop- eration and Bilateral Cooperation with Belgium and Luxembourg, Mexi- can Mission to the UE; Pere Vilanova, Director, Strategic Affairs and Se- curity, Ministry of Defence; Öztürk Yilmaz, Counsellor for Cyprus, Per- manent Delegation of Turkey to the UE; Alexander Zafiriou, Middle East – Mediterranean Unit, General Secretariat of the Council of the European Union; Ricard Zapata-Barrero, Head Tutor of Political Science, Pompeu Fabra University; Esther Zapater, Tutor, Autonomous University of Barce- lona.

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