Countering Extremism and Improving Governance in the MENA Region

The MENA region is a complex region, undergoing many developments; namely a civil war is going on in Syria. The ALDE Group would like firstly to analyse which are the possibilities that exist to end violence in Syria; secondly we would focus on the current situation in the MENA region, examining the role of the European Union including its policy instruments, carving out steps and policies that have to be taken (by the States and their societies as well as by the EU) to improve governance in the MENA countries.