EU Busy Forging Ahead

Union for the Mediterranean
Blue: Members of the European Union in the Union for the Mediterranean States
Green: Other members (primarily from the African Union & Arab League)

  

The newly formed Union for the Mediterranean States has a special prophetic interest. This union is of keenly 'kingly' interest. Wow, try to say that three times fast!

EU Parliament to Host Seminar for the Union for the Mediterranean States 

Union for the Mediterranean: what can we expect?

Edited by Ahmed Gamal Tuesday, 17 November 2009

On 19 November in Brussels, a high level seminar will give the opportunity to experts and decision makers to debate on the future developments of the UfM, a few weeks before the negotiations on the statutes of its Secretariat. Former French Foreign Minister Hubert Vedrine will conclude the debates with some personal reflections.

The event is organized by the European Studies Institutes of the academic faculties of Saint Louis Brussels, with the support of the European Commission, the European Parliament and with the participation of the Council.

The seminar takes place at the European Parliament from 9am-6pm on 19 November.

The ‘Barcelona Process: Union for the Mediterranean’‚ was launched in Paris on 13 July 2008 in a bid to give a new impulse to the Barcelona Process, according to the Joint Declaration adopted at the heads of state or government meeting.

A few months later, on November 3-4, the Foreign Ministers from the EU and the Mediterranean states came together and agreed on the institutional structures, the work program for 2009, the fields of cooperation to be pursued and the state of progress in the implementation of projects decided.

One of the decisions taken at the Marseille meeting was to re-name the ‘Barcelona Process: Union for the Mediterranean’ to ‘Union for the Mediterranean’. They also decided that the League of Arab States would participate in all meetings at all levels.

On the structure of the Union for the Mediterranean, one of the decisions was that the co-presidency shall apply to summits and meetings and that one of the co-presidents will be from the EU and the other from the Mediterranean partner countries. Barcelona was chosen as the seat of the Secretariat, according to the Declaration agreed by the Foreign Ministers.

According to the Paris Declaration, a new impulse would be achieved “in at least three very important ways: by upgrading the political level of the EU’s relationship with its Mediterranean partners; by providing for further co-ownership to our multilateral relations; and by making these relations more concrete and visible through additional regional and subregional projects, relevant for the citizens of the region.”

The Paris Summit, co-chaired by French President and rotating President of the European Council, Nicolas Sarkozy, and Egyptian President, Hosni Mubarak, had brought together 43 European and Mediterranean States, the Community institutions and regional organizations.

This union is of special prophetic interest as it includes a 'King of the North' (French President Nicolas Sarkozy) and a 'King of the South' (currently Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak). 

My 'Biblical Radar' tells me that this Union for the Mediterranean States could be the political structure that is prophesied in Daniel 11:27 and Psalm 83 that give clues on the identity of both the King of the North and the King of the South.

'And as for the two kings, their hearts shall be bent on doing evil. They shall speak lies at the same table, but to no avail, for the end is yet to be at the time appointed' (Daniel 11:27, ESV).

'They lay crafty plans against your people; they consult together against your treasured ones. They say "Come, let us wipe them out as a nation; let the name of Israel be remembered no more!" For they conspire with one accord; against you they make a covenant - the tents of Edom and the Ismaelites, Moab [Central Jordan] and the Hagrites [Egypt], Gebal [North Lebanon, i.e., Hezbollah] and Ammon [North Jordan] and Amalek [Sinai Arabs], Philstia [Gaza] with the inhabitants of Tyre [South Lebanon]. Asshur [Former Assyrian's, i.e., most of Anglo descended nations of EU] also has joined them; they are strong arm of the children of Lot' (Psalm 83:3-8, ESV).

These conspirators are being lined up, just as Bible prophecy predicts. Both Israel and those northern descendants of Assyria need to wake up and understand what is being formed right under their very snozzle!