The possible shape of the agreement which will follow on from the Cotonou agreement between the EU and the 79 countries in the ACP group (Africa, Caribbean, Pacific) which expires in February 2020, is emerging at the European Commission. In Strasbourg on Tuesday 12 December, the commission presented a recommendation to the Council which amounts to a draft negotiating mandate for Europeans in the talks that will begin with ACP nations by August 2018 at the latest.
As expected, the Commission...