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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9639

10 April 2008
GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/development
Commission resolves to encourage member states to meet Millennium Development Goals

Brussels, 09/04/2008 (Agence Europe) - With regard to the Millennium Development Goals (MDG), the distance between words and deeds is a long one. The European Commission observed during the 4 April publication of OECD development aid figures that European aid had fallen in 2007 for the first time to 0.38% of GNP (EUROPE 9637). Although the EU is still the biggest aid donor with €46bn in 2007, critical analysis should not ignore, points out Development Commission Louis Michel, that the...

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