If a reasonable compromise is reached, the transformation of the EU's relations with African, Caribbean and Pacific states (ACPs) will pave the way for improving the lot of many African countries, giving them a new lease of life in their cooperation with Europe. But changes to the legal set-up will not, in and of themselves, change reality in any way. Research suggests that up to 80% of the famine, violent deaths and ecological and health disasters in Africa are caused by conflicts or war...