On Wednesday 4 September, the European Commissioner for Crisis Management, Janez Lenarčič, delivered an assessment to the newly elected members of the European Parliament’s Committee on Development (DEVE) of his five-year term in office, marked by unprecedented humanitarian challenges.
Referring to the Covid-19 pandemic, the conflicts in Ukraine, the Middle East and Sudan, and the worsening climate crisis, Mr Lenarčič highlighted the continuing deterioration in the global...