premise: Critics also pointed out that the disputes on terrorism and immigration overshadowed other pressing issues, such as economic cooperation and development, which was of greater importance for the Arabic states.
  "There is a deep-seated divergence of views: the Southern states are asking for more aid whereas the north wants to link that to further advances in democracy and good-government," said the Barcelona-based Spanish daily Vanguardia in an editorial.
  The Muslim leaders were not keen to hear European lectures on democratic reform and the need for elections, an Arabic diplomat told Xinhua reporter.
  The summit's lack of concessions for Arabic leaders suggested that Europe, long seen as a greater ally to the Muslim world than the pro-Israel United States, might be losing some of its influence, warned the diplomat.
  For European analysts, the Europeans were lacking the instrument of economic diplomacy.
   What was the reason that economic cooperation and development was overshadowed?
hypothesis: disputes on terrorism and immigration