France Muddies Waters With 'Mediterranean Union' Idea
http://euobserver.com/9/25043

(The Mediterranean Union idea reminds me of the map of the Roman Empire at it's greatest extent in 117 A.D. at http://library.advanced.org/10805/romanmap.html )

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d0/MedU.png/800px-MedU.png

it depends....

in year 737 Europe was SO

http://www.mcah.columbia.edu/medmil/pages/non-mma-pages/maps/penguinpg39.html

and in 1600 was SO

http://www.euratlas.com/history_europe/europe_map_1600.html

In those territories which should be comprised in "Mediterranean Union" TWO FORMER capitals of a CALIPHATE (Damascus-UMAYYAD- Istambul-OTTOMAN EMPIRE)

are comprised....What makes you think that they don't want to be the MASTERS rather than the VASSALS?