ABSTRACT
This chapter focuses on the 1961–1972 agreements to explain why early European Economic Community (EEC)-Mediterranean policy had obvious shortcomings. It describes the relevant legal and foreign policy structure of the Community as set out by the Treaty of Rome. The chapter examines several of the major political and economic factors that influenced Mediterranean policy in the 1960s and contributed to its disarray. It also examines the agreements in closer detail to show how economic and political pressures, combined with constraints of the Treaty, contributed to specific policy choices. Three major factors dominated the bilateral agreements between the EEC and the Third Mediterranean Countries during the 1960s: pressure from individual Member States, the implementation of the Common Agricultural Policy and the constraints of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade. The association itself would be governed by a council, which would comprise Greece on one side, and the Member States, Council of Ministers, and Commission on the other.
