Both sides share a common membership in the Union for the Mediterranean which seeks to promote cooperation and dialogue in the Euro-Mediterranean region.

[1] Relations between Egypt and the EU focus mainly on strengthening economic ties as well as enhancing regional stability and migration management.

Conveyed by the support of authoritarian rulers in office, including Egypt's Hosni Mubarak, this eventually led to a reassessment of the EU foreign policy in the region.

Inspired by this milestone,[7] the EU launched the revised Agenda for the Mediterranean and its Economic and Investment Plan for the Southern Neighbourhood on 9 February 2021 to help foster prosperity and stability in the region as well as strengthen their partnership.

[10][2] In 2023, the European Commission and Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi negotiated the creation of a "strategic partnership" between the EU and Egypt.