In this book Eva-Maria Maggi argues that the European Union (EU) had an impact on
institutional reform processes in North Africa in cases where major domestic actors agreed. She
analyzes how political actors in Morocco used EU neighborhood policies to shape economic and
environmental policy between 1995 and 2008. Maggi argues that it was not the design of the EU's
neighborhood policies but rather the will of change of domestic actors in Morocco that
determined the pace direction of reform and the extent to which the EU continues to play a
role in them. While Moroccan politics were indeed europeanized Maggi highlights the role of
domestic actors who so effectively managed to put forth their own policy priorities and
essentially morocconized the ENP.
