تطور موقف الجزائر تجاه السياسة الأوروبية للجوار والشراكة (2004-2013)

Abstract

This study deals with the evolution of the Algerian behavior towards the European Neighborhood and partnership policy dating from 2004; the date of the launching of the European neighborhood policy project, until 2013. The target of this study is to show off the Algerian conduct towards the European neighborhood policy which seemed opposing at the very beginning; in the sense it rejected assimilation in the fore-mentioned project. Moreover, the study has the intention of tackling the most important incentives which pushed the decision makers in Algeria to say “No” to the proposal. We have summed them up into the following: ü In the first place, we often notice some sort of reservation and hold up (delay) in the Algerian behavior towards the European policies. It always involves itself in Euro-Mediterranean diplomatic activities; but without being completely driven by the over excitement, it rather slows and takes the full time to put its possible actions under the scope of study in the aim of picking up the possible pros and costs. For instance, it waited for almost seven years to ratify the Euro- Mediterranean convention when comparing it to Tunisia and Morocco which immediately did in 1995 and 1996 respectively. ü In the second place, there has been some sort of confusion between Neighborhood and partnership policy and the Euro-Mediterranean partnership policy, simply because both of them deals with the same idea which is “the project of partnership”. Therefore, most of the Mediterranean countries hesitated to take part in two identical projects for partnership. ü In the third place, the timing of launching the policy in 2004 has had its influence; that is to say it was launched before the signing of the Euro- Algerian convention- in 2002- went into effect (it was expected in 2005). If this action interpreted well, it seems clear that Algeria has not had the will, at least at that time, to get into another new partnership experience with Europe unless the first was put into action. Then, it can tell either the experience was proved to be a success or not. In contrast, we find the two instances of Tunisia and Morocco which went too far in executing the partnership conventions signed with Europe. It goes without forgetting to mention that this study dealt with the reasons and the causes which influenced; later on, the Algerian conduct towards the European Neighborhood and partnership policy. The study picked up the most which are as follow: ·One: The flow of change which swept some of the Arab countries since the first months of 2011 and which was termed “Arab Revolutions”. Since then; the European Union has started to re-make up its policy for neighborhood according to the ongoing circumstances in the neighboring regions. In this course of action, it (European Union) adopted what was called “the renewed neighborhood policy” which aimed at being “the motor engine for international helping support to the democratic changes happening in the region. ·Two: European determination to keep Algeria within the countries concerned with its neighborhood policy despite of the fact of the official rejection of Algeria. The European Union never ever kept Algeria apart from its policies. This state of affairs is perhaps due to energy/security function has played with Algeria for the European Union.