On 14 April 2021 at 11:00 - 12:30 (CET), CEPS is hosting a webinar on "The EU’s New Agenda for the Mediterranean: Will It Make a Difference?". The EU’s new policy paper covering relations with the countries that make up its southern neighbourhood includes a number of initiatives aimed at helping them to achieve a sustainable recovery from the pandemic. However, much of this assistance will depend on the EU’s partners agreeing new economic and governance reform programmes, including on the fight against corruption, and experience shows that this will not be easy. Promotion of human rights, rule of law and democratic values will also be stepped up under the new agenda, though, again this presents major challenges. What are the prospects for this new agenda, what leverage does the EU have to effect it, and how can the EU raise its political game in the region?