After several debates last year, European foreign ministers meeting in Brussels held an exchange of views, on Monday 22 January, on the proposal for a negotiating mandate tabled in relation to the partnership to be modernised between the EU and the 79 ACP (Africa, Caribbean, Pacific) states after 2020, upon the expiry of the Cotonou Agreement.
Almost half of the ministers took the floor during the preliminary discussions. Without going into detail, those discussions allowed general support...