21.   Spain is set to host a meeting of foreign ministers from EU and non-Union Mediterranean nations in Barcelona this autumn.

22.   Such meetings, the Europeans believe, would give Mediterranean nations a sense of importance and a formal opportunity to air any complaints.

23.   The agreement, to be signed in several months, is the sixth of its kind with a Mediterranean nation.

24.   The EU only signed an accord with Algeria, the seventh agreement with southern Mediterranean nations.

25.   The EU was also debating how to apportion aid to non-EU countries including poorer Mediterranean nations and Eastern Europe.

26.   The European Union will nearly double in size with the inclusion of Mediterranean nations as well as former communist states.

27.   The EU already gives billions of dollars to Mediterranean nations through accords with individual nations.

28.   The EU program to develop trade among the Mediterranean nations is not strong.

29.   The point was to push Mediterranean nations toward greater regional trade and cooperation and instill market economy practices.

30.   The vote is considered too close to predict between the pro-EU Nationalists in power and Labor, which wants a more independent course for the Mediterranean nation.