On Sunday 17 March, the European Union and Egypt signed a ‘strategic and comprehensive partnership’ covering six areas of mutual interest and providing Egypt with €7.4 billion between now and 2027, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sissi announced in Cairo on the same day.
The EU was also represented by the leaders of Italy, Belgium, Greece, Austria and Cyprus: Giorgia Meloni, Alexander de Croo, Kyriákos Mitsotákis, Karl...