Membership
The members of the Union of the Mediterranean are the following:
- From the European Union side:
- The 27 European Union member states (Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden and United Kingdom.)
- The European Commission.
- From the side of the Mediterranean Partner countries:
- Albania, Algeria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Egypt, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Mauritania, Monaco, Montenegro, Morocco, Palestine, Syria (self-suspended on 22 June 2011), Tunisia and Turkey.
- Libya as an observer state. The UfM has expressed a desire to grant Libya full membership.
- The League of Arab States
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