Negotiating a Common Future
The EU and ACP Countries struggle to re-balance their relationship by Arndt Hopfmann* The so-called Cotonou-Agreement between the European Union (EU) and the former colonies of some of the current EU member states (the so-called African, Caribbean and Pacific Countries – ACP-C) was due to expire on February, the 29th, 2020. Thus, the EU and the ACP-C started to re-negotiate their post 2020-relationship in 2018. However, the current state of play is anything but promising. History Throughout its more than 60 years of existence the Continue reading →