La dimensión política en las relaciones Unión Europea-Argelia: crisis y normalización

Abstract

The development of relations between the European Union and Algeria was extremely complicated, The decade-long civil war resulted in more than 100,000 vicitms. The political response by the European Union to these events in Algeria has highlighted the underlying difficulties to harmonize economic interests of any member state with the principles enshrined in the Union´s External Policy. The military successes of Buteflika´s government and the full integration of Algeria into the Mediterranean Association once the Partnership Agreement came into force, have enabled a process of normalization of bilateral relations. This context seems to be leading the Algerian authorities to redefine their relation to the European Union in an attempt to reach a status of strategic partnership. Algeria is one of the main providers of energy to the European Union.