News 2025

The Pact for the Mediterranean was jointly launched on 16 October by the European Commission (represented by Dubravka Šuica, EU Commissioner for the Mediterranean) and Kaja Kallas, High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security.

The document was published to update the EU-Southern Mediterranean relationship, based on 3 pillars:

• People (as driving force for change), connections and innovations.
• Stronger, more sustainable and integrated economies.
• Security, preparedness and migration management.

Although all the three pillars are intertwined, each one contains a series of initiatives. Download the full document and the Joint Communication at this link.
Click here to access EU Factsheets on this topic.

The Pact will be submitted for political endorsement in November 2025 on the occasion of the 30th anniversary of the Barcelona Process. A dedicated Action Plan is expected by the end of the first quarter 2026: it will specify how the concrete deployment of the different initiatives is envisaged.

Full Press Release here.