When the EMP was “re-launched” in 2008 under the newly established Union for the Mediterranean (UfM) to give it greater political emphasis, the result was an exercise in “realism” that further weakened the original EMP. And, for all its high-flown language, the UfM is an empty shell.
新组建的地中海联盟（UfM）2008年“重启”欧洲地中海政策以彰显其政治地位时，原有政策在“现实主义”运动中被进一步削弱。尽管使用了夸张的语言，但地中海联盟却充其量只是一具空壳。这部分因为联盟生不逢时（成立时恰逢加沙战争爆发），并因此陷入到阿以关系的旋涡中不能自拔。但这项计划也未能获得政治领袖的认可。