MEPs adopted an own-initiative report by Helmut Scholz (The Left, Germany) on the future of EU-Africa trade relations by 463 votes to 43 with 81 abstentions on Thursday 23 June. They recall that Africa is a “key geographical priority in the EU’s new trade strategy” and make a series of recommendations to strengthen bilateral ties in a sustainable way.
The EU should “invest more efforts in taking the partnership beyond the traditional ‘donor-recipient’ relationship”, they say....