The European Union is now in a position to be able to negotiate a new partnership agreement with the 79 ACP (Africa, Caribbean, Pacific) countries as a successor to the Cotonou agreement which expires on 20 February 2020.
The EU negotiating mandate was formally agreed, without debate, by the Council of the EU on Friday 22 June, after agreement was reached on the wording of the migration strand to satisfy Hungary (see EUROPE 12046).
Hungary wanted security aspects to be taken into account on...