Abstract EN:

The peoples of the maghreb rightfully aspire to their unity. It is a psychological reality, which has got rooted into their collective memories. For this ambition to be achieved, it is necessary that a unifying attitude blossoms (out) in the minds. Our thesis aims, therefore, at being a contribution (a share in) to a real movement of emancipation and awareness of the state of crumbling and hostility. In consequence, any economical or political assertion may be taken into account, the unity has become more than ever a necessity, which is required by the international environment (circumstances) of economic crisis and of regional regroupings. Moreover, such a unity did already embody, in the past, in the state of "almohades" whose decline paved the way for the foreign domination. Henceforth, the "maghrebism" has been asserting itself as an ideology, which is impregnated with the arabian nationalism of the middle east. When the maghrebian countries attained their independance, a process of integration of national economies was conceived and a mechanism set up with this end in view. In spite of being considerable in number, the creation of maghrebian institutions has not met the expected success. The politicol, economical and cultural divergences, and above all the conflict about the western sahara have hindered so far the achievement of the maghrebian federation on the basis of the tangien conference in 1958.