19/02/2018 (Agence Europe) – An informal meeting of European development ministers will be held in Brussels on Tuesday 20 February in the strictest confidentiality. Ministers will discuss the proposal for a negotiating brief for the future partnership between the EU and the ACP Group of countries (African/Caribbean/Pacific) further to expiry of the Cotonou Agreement in 2020 (see EUROPE 11948). They will also discuss mid-term assessment of financial instruments for EU external policy...