On Tuesday 28 January, almost three months after their confirmation hearings, the European Commissioners for Equality, Preparedness and Crisis Management, Hadja Lahbib (see EUROPE B13519A6), and for International Partnerships, Jozef Síkela (see EUROPE B13519A5), presented their strategic guidelines for strengthening the integration of the European Union’s external action in crisis regions.
In the European Parliament’s Committee on Development (DEVE), the discussion centred on the need...