Brussels, 01/12/2009 (Agence Europe) - Karel de Gucht, currently EU Development and Humanitarian Aid Commissioner, and future Trade Commissioner, says the Joint ACP-EU Parliamentary Assembly “must be the prime advocate in defending parliamentary democracy in ACP countries” and must step up to the plate during the ongoing second 15-year revision of the Cotonou Agreement (signed in 2000 for 20 years). Speaking to MEPs and ACP parliamentarians (from Africa, the Caribbean and the Pacific) in...