Leaders of the 50 countries that comprise the EU and the Arab League, together with the
European Institutions, are set to meet in Egypt’s Sharm el Sheikh on 24-25th February in
an unprecedented summit encounter. The summit is a first and breaks new ground. The
problem is that if it ends up consisting of little more than a high level talk shop, it may also
be the last. With the stakes as they are, neither Europe nor the Arab world can afford a
failure.