Summit on the Mediterranean in Marseille in 2019 announced by French President Emmanuel Macron

President Emmanuel Macron (France) announced on that a summit on 27 August, a Mediterranean summit will be held in “the early summer 2019” in Marseille, France, to “find the thread of a Mediterranean policy.” “Ten years after the launch of Union for the Mediterranean, we must define a different Mediterranean policy by learning from all of our successes and shortcomings and involving civil society to recreate a more inclusive Mediterranean policy” said the president during his annual speech to the ambassadors of France.