The New Pact for the Mediterranean renews and elevates the EU’s ambition to engage more deeply with countries across the Mediterranean region. As the flagship initiative of the Directorate-General for the Middle East, North Africa and the Gulf (DG MENA), under the lead of the EU Commissioner for the Mediterranean, Dubravka Šuica, the Pact is being designed to foster a genuine partnership: grounded in mutual respect, shared priorities, joint ownership, and a firm commitment to delivering meaningful results that improve lives across all our societies.
At its core, the Pact is action oriented. It aims to produce tangible benefits through concrete initiatives that respond directly to people’s needs and aspirations. These include progress in key areas such as clean energy and green technology, water resilience, climate adaptation, trade and investment, job creation, education and skills, mobility, digital innovation, port connectivity, and security and defence.
Listening is the foundation of the Pact. Through a broad, inclusive consultation process, a wide and diverse range of voices - from governments and civil society to youth networks, private sector actors and researchers - have contributed ideas and helped shape priorities. This ongoing dialogue across the EU and the wider Mediterranean will continue to guide the Pact as it evolves.
Set for launch in autumn 2025, the Pact comes at a pivotal time. In an increasingly volatile global context, it offers a stabilising force, laying the ground for a more peaceful, prosperous and resilient Mediterranean. One where partnership prevails over division, and shared challenges become shared opportunities.
Consultations with the stakeholders
- 12 June 2025
Senior Officials’ Meeting of the EU’s Southern Neighbourhood takes place in Brussels.
- 11-12 June 2025
Final Consultation Circle of EuroMeSCo on the New Pact for the Mediterranean takes place in Brussels.
- 9-10 June 2025
Commissioner Dubravka Šuica participates in the events around the launch of the EU Ocean Pact in Nice, highlighting complementarities with the New Pact for the Mediterranean.
- 4-5 June 2025
Commissioner Dubravka Šuica is on her first mission to Syria to announcethe reintegration of Syria in the EU’s Neighbourhood Policy and discuss Syria’s Involvement in the Pact.
- 27-28 May 2025
Third Consultation Circle of EuroMeSCo takes place in Cairo, focusing on research and innovation, water, energy, food and ecosystems nexus, and the green-digital transition.
- 20-21 May 2025
Director-General Stefano Sannino goes to Syria to prepare the mission of Commissioner’s Šuica and paves the way towards first discussions on Syria’s involvement in the Pact.
- 13-14 May 2025
Second Consultation Circle of EuroMeSCo takes place in Rabat, focusing on lessons learned, private sector and triangular cooperation.
- 12-14 May 2025
Director-General Stefano Sannino is on mission to Morocco to kick-off consultations on the New Pact for the Mediterranean with the country.
- 21-23 April 2025
Director-General Stefano Sannino visits Algeria in the context of the consultations around the New Pact for the Mediterranean.
- 15-16 April 2025
Anna Lindh Foundation holds in Brussels the Euro-Med Youth Dialogue where youth and officials from the EU and the Union from the Mediterranean exchanged on key policy areas, contributing to the development of the Pact for the Mediterranean.
More information - 8 April 2025
First Consultation Circle of EuroMeSCo takes place in Brussels.
- End of March-early April 2025
While on mission to Israel, Palestine, Lebanon and Jordan, Director-General Stefano Sannino continues consultations around the New Pact for the Mediterranean.
- March 2025
Euromed Survey 2025 : EuroMeSCo – Euro-Mediterranean Research, Dialogue, Advocacy
- 2 March 2025
Commissioner for the Mediterranean Dubravka Šuica is on mission to Egypt for consultations on the New Pact for the Mediterranean.
- 27 February 2025
Director-General Stefano Sannino starts consultations in Tunis on the New Pact for the Mediterranean with the Tunisian authorities and civil society.
- 21 February 2025
Commissioner for the Mediterranean Dubravka Šuica meets the newly appointed Lebanese government in Beirut, her first consultation on the New Pact of the Mediterranean with a country in the Middle East.
- 10 February 2025
Commissioner for the Mediterranean Dubravka Šuica travels to Spain to start consultations on the New Pact for the Mediterranean.
- 23-24 January 2025
Commissioner for the Mediterranean Dubravka Šuica is on a mission to Rome to kick-off consultations on the New Pact for the Mediterranean.