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This paper examines European Mediterranean policy as exemplified in EU relations with the Maghreb countries. The specific object of analysis is the Euro- Mediterranean partnership, which began with the Euro-Mediterranean conference in Barcelona in 1995. This Barcelona process consists of a political and security cooperation that encompasses the respect for human rights, democratic norms and pluralism, the gradual introduction of a free-trade area by the year 2010 and co-operation in the social and cultural sphere. The author concludes by explaining the different factors that could influence the outcome of the process.