Union for the Mediterranean
Updated 7 November 2026
The 27 EU states and 16 southern and eastern Mediterranean states, with a secretariat in Barcelona that runs ministerial dialogue and regional projects.
Key facts
- Founded
- 2008
- Headquarters
- Barcelona, Spain
- Members
- 43 states
- Chair
- Jordan
- Acting Secretary-General
- Fadi Hajalisince July 2026
- Last summit
- 13 July 2008Paris, France
- The UAE
- Not a member
- UAE trade with members (2025)
- $118.4 billion
Member states
- Albania
- Algeria
- Austria
- Belgium
- Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Bulgaria
- Croatia
- Cyprus
- Czechia
- Denmark
- Egypt
- Estonia
- Finland
- France
- Germany
- Greece
- Hungary
- Ireland
- Israel
- Italy
- Jordan
- Latvia
- Lebanon
- Lithuania
- Luxembourg
- Malta
- Mauritania
- Monaco
- Montenegro
- Morocco
- Netherlands
- North Macedonia
- Palestine
- Poland
- Portugal
- Romania
- Slovakia
- Slovenia
- Spain
- Sweden
- Syria
- Tunisia
- Türkiye