European preparations on the negotiating mandate on a post-Cotonou agreement with the 79 countries of the ACP (Africa-Caribbean-Pacific) Group have progressed well under the Bulgarian Presidency of the Council but the wording on the issue of migration posed a major headache for the ambassadors of the 28 member states to the EU (Coreper) on Thursday 24 May.
The Coreper meeting, scheduled to take place on Wednesday 23 May, the day after the brief discussion among EU development ministers, was...