It is with "surprise and amazement" that Marie Arena MEP (S&D, Belgium) received the statement made by German Chancellor Angela Merkel the previous day in support of a renegotiation of certain economic and partnership agreements (EPAs) concluded between the EU and countries or regions in Africa, when it was Merkel's own political group at the European Parliament (the EPP) that backed these trade agreements.
Arena was referring to a Reuters report which stated that Merkel had spoken to...