Abstract
Spain ‐ in most respects, a middle‐order country ‐ came to play an outstanding role in the reformulation of EU Mediterranean policy during the first half of the 1990s. The rise of Spanish influence can be attributed to a long period of domestic political stability under the Socialist Party, national economic success, the adoption of a more pro‐active Mediterranean policy by Spanish representatives, and the existence of a broad domestic consensus behind government policy on Europe. An overview of Spain's involvement in the Mediterranean reveals a preoccupation with Morocco and Algeria, although membership of the EU has encouraged some recent activity directed towards the eastern Mediterranean. Spain's Mediterranean policy under Gonzalez was increasingly bound up with the country's ambitions within the European Union, and calls for solidarity with the southern Mediterranean were sometimes at odds with the government's defence of national interests.
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