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After years of optimism, the global recession has hit economic relations between Europe and north Africa. In a three-part series, the FT looks at the challenges in reviving ties across the Mediterranean
Moroccans struggle to make Italy home
Part 3 – Immigration: Just as the industrial city of Turin is establishing itself as the country’s most progressive urban administration tackling integration issues, the tide of immigration may be starting to recede
Morocco counts cost of recession overseas
Emigrants: Remittances are Morocco’s second largest source of foreign currency coming after tourism but the downturn in Europe has meant that the flow of money from emigrants has shrunk
Climate change fears cloud tourism outlook
Spain: Mass market beachside tourism is increasingly seen as a threat to the Mediterranean region’s economic and environmental sustainability
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Demand doubts cloud grand plans for gas
Part two – Energy: North Africa is destined to play an ever more important role in meeting Europe’s energy needs, but the timing and scale of some pipeline projects remain in doubt
Tapping Africa’s well of ‘stability’
Energy groups: Executives in the perennially risky oil and gas business have a different concept of “stability” from anyone else, and Antonio Brufau, executive chairman of Repsol YPF, the Spanish energy group, is no exception
Solar project has many obstacles to clear
Environment: The Desertec Industrial Initiative is likely to cost about $400bn (€302bn, £262bn). If successful, the project could supply as much as 15 per cent of Europe’s electricity needs by 2050
Wave of optimism falters in Mediterranean
Part one – Outlook: The economic crisis has slowed economic integration drastically across the Mediterranean in spite of a few prominent investments
Poor human rights seen as price for stability
Islamist militants: Algerian, Moroccan and Tunisian authorities have largely succeeded in curbing the threat from extremists. But this success has come at the cost of further entrenching authoritarian rule south of the Mediterranean
Global woes spread to north Africa
Investment: The popularity of different emerging markets can wax and wane – and no region has suffered more from the global crisis in terms of its attractiveness to investors than north Africa
