EU Med, EuroMed 9, or MED9 (formerly MED7;[3] from EUrope Mediterranean), which is also referred to as "Club Med" and "Med Group", is an alliance of nine Mediterranean and Southern European Union member states: Croatia, Cyprus, France, Greece, Italy, Malta, Portugal, Slovenia and Spain. They are part of the Mediterranean Basin. All nine countries are states of the European Union, part of the eurozone (euro currency), and all except Cyprus are part of the unbounded Schengen Area.
EUMED Group
EuroMed 9 | |
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Map of Europe indicating the member countries of the Med Group
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| Membership |
 Cyprus France Greece Italy Malta Portugal Slovenia (joined 2021) Spain |
| Establishment | 17 December 2013 |
| Area | |
• Total
| 1,756,859 km2 (678,327 sq mi) |
| Population | |
• 2024 estimate
|  204,521,987[1] |
• Density
| 115/km2 (297.8/sq mi) |
| GDP (PPP) | 2021 estimate |
• Total
| $8.786 trillion[2] (4th) |
| GDP (nominal) | 2021 estimate |
• Total
| $7.140 trillion[2] (3rd) |
The Group was informally established on 17 December 2013 in Brussels at the initiative of the Foreign Ministers of Cyprus and Spain in order to create coordination on issues of common interest within the EU.[4]
It was decided that the group would hold an annual meeting at the ministerial level. The first ministerial meeting was to take place in Greece in 2014, during Greece's presidency of the Council, but instead took place on 14 April in Alicante.[5][6][7]
The second meeting took place in February 2015 in Paris.[8] The 3rd Ministerial Meeting of the Mediterranean Group took place in Cyprus in February 2016 which was also attended by the Secretary General of the Union for the Mediterranean (UfM), Fathallah Sijilmassi. The Foreign Ministers discussed security and stability issues in North Africa and the Middle East as well as the handling of the migration crisis.[9][10][11]
The Group held its 1st Southern EU countries' Summit on 9 September 2016 at the Zappeion PalaceinAthens.[12] Following the summit, the Athens Declaration was issued calling for investment to tackle youth unemployment and support growth, as well as stronger EU cooperation on issues of security and migration.[13][14] The next summit is scheduled to take place in Spain, at the Royal Palace of El Pardo.[15]
The seventh meeting was made on 10 September 2020 in Porticcio, Corsica, and concerned Turkey's concurrent unilateral activities in the eastern Mediterranean.[16]
In 2021 it was announced during the Prime Minister Janez Janša's visit to Greece that Slovenia will join the group with a support of France, Spain and Greece.
Croatia and Slovenia first attended 17 September 2021 Athens meeting. [17] [18]
| Arms | Flag | State | Capital | Code | Population (2024)[1] |
Area | Population density |
GDP (nominal) US$ million |
Head of Government | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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Croatia | Zagreb | HR | 3,861,967 | 56,594 km2 (21,851 sq mi) |
72/km2 (190/sq mi) |
65,217 | 
|
Andrej Plenković | |
|
|
Cyprus | Nicosia | CY | 933,505 | 9,251 km2 (3,572 sq mi) |
95/km2 (250/sq mi) |
26,479 | 
|
Nikos Christodoulides | |
|
|
France | Paris | FR | 68,401,997 | 640,679 km2 (247,368 sq mi) |
105/km2 (270/sq mi) |
2,938,271 | 
|
Gabriel Attal | |
|
|
Greece | Athens | GR | 10,397,193 | 131,990 km2 (50,960 sq mi) |
81/km2 (210/sq mi) |
209,857 | 
|
Kyriakos Mitsotakis | |
|
|
Italy | Rome | IT | 58,989,749 | 301,338 km2 (116,347 sq mi) |
200/km2 (520/sq mi) |
2,106,287 | 
|
Giorgia Meloni | |
|
|
Malta | Valletta | MT | 563,443 | 316 km2 (122 sq mi) |
1,562/km2 (4,050/sq mi) |
16,476 | 
|
Robert Abela | |
|
|
Portugal | Lisbon | PT | 10,639,726 | 92,390 km2 (35,670 sq mi) |
111/km2 (290/sq mi) |
257,391 | 
|
Luís Montenegro | |
|
|
Slovenia | Ljubljana | SI | 2,123,949 | 20,271 km2 (7,827 sq mi) |
103/km2 (270/sq mi) |
59,132 | 
|
Robert Golob | |
|
|
Spain | Madrid | ES | 48,610,458 | 504,030 km2 (194,610 sq mi) |
93/km2 (240/sq mi) |
1,461,552 | 
|
Pedro Sánchez | |
| 9 total | 202,842,388 | 1,756,859 km2 (678,327 sq mi) |
115/km2 (300/sq mi) |
7,140,662 | |||||||
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