High diplomacy – Union for the Mediterranean
2008 July 14
In a display of both “grand talk” and “high diplomacy,” the leaders of 43 European and Mediterranean countries gathered in Paris yesterday to commence talks of the new Union for the Mediterranean. The project is largely the brainchild of French President Nicolas Sarkozy, who said that part of the union’s intent was to “end all hatreds.” Whether this latest diplomatic scheme will succeed is still up in the air. However, hearing Ehud Olmert say boldly that Israel and Palestine have “never been as close to the possiblity of an agreement” on peace is cause enough for hope.
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