In October 2016, the European Parliament spoke about the future of the ACP-EU partnership when the Cotonou Agreement expires in February 2020. It again reiterated the importance it attaches to this partnership between the EU and the 79 countries of Africa, the Caribbean and Pacific and reasserted its determination to modernise this partnership to make it more political, efficient and adapted to new challenges.
On the basis of the draft negotiating mandate presented by the European Commission...