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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9561

11 December 2007
THE DAY IN POLITICS / (eu) eu/africa
Commission makes political gesture to appease winds of revolt blowing through summit in regard to bilateral interim agreements in preparation for EPAS

Lisbon, 10/12/2007 (Agence Europe) - The day after the interim EU-Côte d'Ivoire agreement initialled on 7 December by Abidjan (the first stage towards the conclusion of an economic partnership agreement - EPA) and on the eve of a similar approach by Ghana, the EU-Africa summit proved to be the theatre of barbed remarks exchanged between the EU and West Africa, the latter supported by South Africa. The European Commission, accused of dividing African countries and harming African regional...

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