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DMAG: Delegation for relations with the Maghreb countries
The European Parliament's Delegation for relations with the Maghreb countries has existed since 1979, the year of the first direct elections to the Parliament.
Since then, the delegation has met regularly with representatives from each of the countries within its remit: Algeria, Mauritania, Morocco, Libya and Tunisia.
Encounters with Algerian, Moroccan and Tunisian representatives have been held regularly since the 1980s. Meetings with Mauritania began in 1998, while those with Libya were launched in 2002.
Meetings with delegations from the Arab Maghreb Union were held in the early 1990s. Since the sixth meeting in 1994, however, official contacts have been limited between the Union and the European Parliament.
On the other hand, the European Parliament's involvement in the Euro-Mediterranean Partnership has expanded steadily.
Work in Brussels and Strasbourg
In addition to these inter-parliamentary meetings, DMAG members have spent significant time in Brussels and Strasbourg investigating the situation in the region and bilateral relations.
Exchanges of views with notable speakers - senior staff from the UN, diplomatic services, non-government organisations, academia, the European External Action Service and other stakeholders - are organised at every meeting.
DMAG meetings also consider issues of mutual interest, such as bilateral association agreements, human rights and political reforms.
Parliamentary aspects of bilateral relations
While the European Commission regularly interacts with Maghreb governments, the European Parliament focuses on the parliamentary aspects of bilateral relations. The Parliament works particularly to
Parliamentarians from these countries come into direct contact with their European counterparts, from both national parliaments and the European Parliament.
This work contributes to the European Union's foreign policy objectives, including by strengthening human rights and democratic processes, as well as by establishing a long-lasting rapport among the representatives of the different countries.
Algeria, Morocco and Tunisia
Parliamentary relations with Morocco, Tunisia and Algeria are of particular importance.
The three formal inter-parliamentary forums that bring together MEPs and Moroccan, Tunisian and Algerian parliamentarians - the EU-Morocco, the EU-Tunisia and the EU-Algeria Joint Parliamentary Committees (JPCs) - were created in 2010, in 2016 and in 2018 respectively.
Since then, the delegation has met regularly with representatives from each of the countries within its remit: Algeria, Mauritania, Morocco, Libya and Tunisia.
Encounters with Algerian, Moroccan and Tunisian representatives have been held regularly since the 1980s. Meetings with Mauritania began in 1998, while those with Libya were launched in 2002.
Meetings with delegations from the Arab Maghreb Union were held in the early 1990s. Since the sixth meeting in 1994, however, official contacts have been limited between the Union and the European Parliament.
On the other hand, the European Parliament's involvement in the Euro-Mediterranean Partnership has expanded steadily.
Work in Brussels and Strasbourg
In addition to these inter-parliamentary meetings, DMAG members have spent significant time in Brussels and Strasbourg investigating the situation in the region and bilateral relations.
Exchanges of views with notable speakers - senior staff from the UN, diplomatic services, non-government organisations, academia, the European External Action Service and other stakeholders - are organised at every meeting.
DMAG meetings also consider issues of mutual interest, such as bilateral association agreements, human rights and political reforms.
Parliamentary aspects of bilateral relations
While the European Commission regularly interacts with Maghreb governments, the European Parliament focuses on the parliamentary aspects of bilateral relations. The Parliament works particularly to
- encourage parliamentarians to meet and share their experience, and
- reach out to all citizens, particularly to civil society, in the Mediterranean partner countries.
Parliamentarians from these countries come into direct contact with their European counterparts, from both national parliaments and the European Parliament.
This work contributes to the European Union's foreign policy objectives, including by strengthening human rights and democratic processes, as well as by establishing a long-lasting rapport among the representatives of the different countries.
Algeria, Morocco and Tunisia
Parliamentary relations with Morocco, Tunisia and Algeria are of particular importance.
The three formal inter-parliamentary forums that bring together MEPs and Moroccan, Tunisian and Algerian parliamentarians - the EU-Morocco, the EU-Tunisia and the EU-Algeria Joint Parliamentary Committees (JPCs) - were created in 2010, in 2016 and in 2018 respectively.