On Tuesday 22 May, European Development Ministers will fine-tune the mandate upon which the European Union will negotiate a new partnership after the summer with 79 countries from the ACP Group (Africa/Caribbean/Pacific) that will follow on from the Cotonou agreement after 2020 and which Europeans are hoping will at least be for an equivalent period.
On this point, the ministerial meeting will be providing more of an update (see EUROPE 12020). A real decision on this negotiating mandate...