Europe and Africa : Does the future lie in regional integration ?
Since the 2008 financial crisis and its consequences in Europe, the African continent has been overshadowed by other concerns of European governments. Despite a renewed interest in the Maghreb from the Old Continent aroused by the 2011 Arab revolutions, today Africa as a whole is not considered as a major issue. Yet, Europe and Africa, both in their own ways, are a genuine example of the great potential and the powerful impetus for action that regional integration presents.