Climate change and access to the European raw materials market for African countries are the two pressing issues of the 42nd ACP-EU Parliamentary Assembly, the political forum of the Cotonou Agreement, which is meeting from Sunday 30 October to Wednesday 2 November in Maputo (Mozambique), at a time when the European side has still not signed the post-Cotonou Agreement (see EUROPE 13041/14).
MEPs and parliamentarians from the 79 countries of the Organisation of African, Caribbean and Pacific States will adopt emergency resolutions: - on the global challenges of climate change cooperation for adaptation and mitigation beyond COP27; - on the topic of “ensuring market access for OACPS commodity producing countries by strengthening sustainable consumption and production patterns”.
Debates without resolution are also planned on the impact of the energy crisis on ACP and EU countries and on cooperation for a global framework on biodiversity (COP15, Montreal, December).
The JPA will also adopt current resolutions on: - the EU list of countries and territories that are uncooperative for tax purposes and the list of third countries in the fight against money laundering and financing the fight against terrorism (Committee on Economic Affairs); - strengthening parliamentary solidarity for road safety in the OACPS and EU countries, including infrastructure safety (Committee on Social Affairs); - strengthening cooperation on maritime safety and promoting the rule of law in the maritime field (Committee on Political Affairs). (Original version in French by Aminata Niang)