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FRIDE: THE EU-AFRICA SUMMIT - STRATEGY AND
PARTNERSHIP:
31/12/07
(MaximsNews Network) by Romy Chevallier
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UNITED
NATIONS - / MaximsNews Network / - 31
December 2007 --
The EU-Africa Heads of State Summit, held in Lisbon in on December
8-9, under the Portuguese EU Presidency, constituted an important opportunity
for Africa and Europe to strengthen their political and economic
relations.
This
revision is particularly important in light of a changing global geo-political
landscape, with a need for the European Union and Africa to take into account
changing global realities, new partnerships and good practices.
The
political-economic climates on both continents have changed substantially in
recent years.
Africa,
for example, has undergone significant political developments on both the
continental and regional levels.
It is
at its most stable and democratic since independence in the 1960s (in spite of
a few exceptions) and the creation of the AU
and NEPAD
in 2002 has provided the impetus for the development of a new set of
initiatives and policies to govern the relationship between the two
continents.
Within
the EU context there have also been obvious shifts in the political and
economic landscape with the expansion of the Union to 27 member states.
The EU
has expanded its range of foreign policy capabilities and its willingness to
utilise them.
This
has had a profound effect on how the EU views its responsibilities as an
international actor.
The
organisation’s rapidly developing Common Foreign and Security Policy (CFSP)
and ESDP are increasingly affecting the EU’s policies and approach in Africa
(notably with the planned EUFOR mission to Chad and the Central African
Republic).
But it
is also increasingly apparent that if the EU wants to remain a privileged
partner of Africa it must be willing to reinforce and reinvent its current
relationship with the continent on all levels – institutionally, politically
and culturally - given the emergence of other actors such as China and India
on the African scene.
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Bio
author: Romy Chevallier
Romy
Chevallier holds a BA Honours in Political Science from the University of
Stellenbosch and a Master's degree in International Relations (cum laude) from
the University of Witwatersrand. She joined the South African Institute for
International Affairs (SAIIA) in 2004 as a research intern and is currently
working as a researcher on the EU-Africa programme.
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