In preparation for the Euro-Mediterranean Conference scheduled
to be held in Barcelona
on 27 and 28 November 1995, the Council agreed on the summary
report to serve as a basis for the exploratory talks that the Troika would be
conducting with the twelve Mediterranean partners in the coming weeks. Those
contacts were intended to prepare for the Council’s subsequent deliberations
for the purpose of finalising the European Union’s negotiating position
concerning a Euro-Mediterranean partnership. That partnership will need to
comprise three main aspects: - a political and security aspect aimed at
establishing a common area of peace and stability; - an economic and
financial aspect aimed at building a zone of shared prosperity; - a social
and human aspect.