Level I: The Domestic Interests in the EU and North Africa

Following the three level-game framework, Chapter 3 explains the configuration of power in the agricultural and industrial sectors within the EU member states and the three North African countries. The first part of the chapter analyses the complicated reality within the agricultural sector in the two regions and explains the preferences of the winning coalitions in both the EU and in North Africa. The second part of the chapter delves deeper into the nature of the European and North African industrial groups. This part highlights the role that competition from third countries plays to the preferences of the European industrial winning coalitions and the minimal input of North African small companies to the industrial aspects of the policy.