The EU and Algeria adopted their shared Partnership Priorities at the Association Council of 13 March 2017. The partnership priorities set up a renewed framework for political engagement and enhanced cooperation. They were defined by mutual agreement in the context of the revised European neighbourhood policy and the EU’s global strategy for foreign and security policy.

The Partnership Priorities in the context of EU-Algeria relations up to 2020 are as follows:

• political dialogue, governance, the rule of law and the promotion of fundamental rights;
• cooperation, socio-economic development, including trade and access to the European single market;
• energy, the environment and sustainable development;
• strategic and security dialogue;
• the human dimension, including cultural and inter-religious dialogue, migration and mobility.

Some of these priorities will be the subject of technical and financial cooperation, which will be implemented within the framework of the 2018-2020 financial programming.

A joint report of the European External Action Service (EEAS) and the European Commission on the progress of EU-Algeria relations points out that relations between the European Union and Algeria have been strengthened over the past two years. “Our bilateral relations have been particularly intense since our last Association Council in June 2015. Progress has been made in many areas of bilateral and regional cooperation. We are committed to building a more substantial and affirmed bilateral partnership,” said the EU High Representative Federica Mogherini.

The report highlights recent progress and reforms made by Algeria, possible improvements and priorities for cooperation between the European Union and Algeria, focusing on areas of mutual interest as identified in the new “Partnership Priorities”, as well as financial cooperation.

EU Commissioner for European Neighborhood Policy and Enlargement Negotiations Johannes Hahn, reaffirmed the EU’s support for Algeria “in its process of recently launched structural and macroeconomic structural reforms, which will also to strengthen the bonds which unite our peoples.”

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Press release 

EU-Algeria Partnership Priorities

Report on the progress of EU-Algeria relations: towards more political dialogue and cooperation

Full report on the progress of EU-Algeria relations

EEAS – Algeria and the EU

EU Delegation to Algeria – website

EU Neighbours – Algeria