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Article: Mediterranean blues. (North Africa) (Editorial)
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- The Economist (US)
- Article date:
- January 14, 1995
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SINCE January 1st, the European Union's eyes have grown a little bluer, its skin a little fairer, its religion a little more Protestant, and its political centre of gravity has moved a little farther from the Mediterranean: Austria, Finland and Sweden have joined the club. The new members will do no more than tilt the map of Europe a bit to the north and east, but that is proving enough to make those on the southern fringes feel queasy. They are worried that their concerns will seem relatively unimportant to the northern majority. In particular they fret about North Africa.
With good reason. The Christmas hijacking of an Air France jet by Islamic extremists served as ...