05/12/2003 (Agence Europe) - Several NGOs are worried about the fate of the EU development policy, following the proposals made at the IGC on external Union action. In this context Simon Stocker of Eurostep criticised the fact that according to these proposals, the objectives of foreign policy objectives would determine the trade and development objectives of the EU, which Stocker considered to be a contradiction of the principle of policy coherency contained in Article 218. This principle,...