Abstract
For Nicolas Sarkozy, the relationship between France and the Mediterranean has been a dominant diplomatic and personal concern. Nevertheless, there is no obvious link between the early Mediterranean initiative which he announced in 2007, leading in 2008 to the creation of the Union for the Mediterranean, and official French reactions in 2011 to the unfolding events of the Arab Spring as the president was entering the final year of his term of office. During the intervening years, French projects lost momentum and Euro-Mediterranean relations were reduced to their simplest form. Despite the seemingly different rationales for these two contrasting sets of actions, it is still possible to identify common features that can inform our understanding of the constants and variables affecting French Mediterranean policy and, with it, that of Europe.
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