Euromed: The first workshop on the importance of competition Learning in Mediterranean countries has been held at Geneva on July 11, 2013

*This article is an automatic translation of the original article, provided here for your convenience. Read the original article. UNCTAD, Euro-Mediterranean Competition Forum, 11 July 2013, Geneva, Switzerland The economic causes of the events related to the Arab Spring (monopolies by a few vertically integrated groups whose ownership was often confused with the families of the leaders of these countries, food riots due to various shortages caused by inefficient distribution channels), particularly in Egypt and Tunisia, became a matter of concern for the competition authorities: Until the riots occurred in 2010, such countries were indeed considered as "models" in the development of national competition laws by the member countries of the International Competition Network, a network