Spain’s EU Presidency must embrace the Med 

Spain takes over the helm of the rotating European Union Council Presidency on June 1. As a member of the EU since 1986, this is Spain's fifth EU Presidency.

Spain is a Mediterranean country with interests and values embedded in Europe. By joining the European family 37 years ago, it has been part of the European project's evolution and understands that "if Europe does well, Spain does well," as Foreign Minister Jose Manuel Albares commented in his recent remarks introducing the priorities of its upcoming European rotating presidency.

A rotating EU Presidency's business is to ensure that the business of the European institutions runs smoothly and that countries of the EU reach consensus at critical decision-making junctures. To mark a rotating presidency each country that presides adds a set of priorities that are authentically relevant to its geopolitical and...