28/04/2023 (Agence Europe) – The launch of the written procedure for the EU’s signature and provisional application of the Post-Cotonou Agreement between the EU and the 79 ACP countries is still some way off. Poland dashed the hopes of the Swedish Presidency on Friday 28 April at the meeting of EU27 ambassadors to the EU (Coreper) (see EUROPE 13170/16). This Member State, which still had a reservation, did not explain to Coreper the reasons for this. “It’s a political decision”, a Polish diplomat told EUROPE, without saying more. Several delegations insisted that things should move forward, according to another diplomatic source. If the Polish reservation is lifted in Coreper on Wednesday 3 May, the written procedure could be launched without debate the following day at the ‘Foreign Affairs’ Council meeting in its Development format. (AN)