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"en.20101124.21.3-375"2
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"Madam President, the only intercontinental partnership which the European Union has established is the strategic partnership with Africa.
After reading the text which the Commission published ahead of the forthcoming summit, I could not help feeling that it sounded almost too positive. As if it were written by somebody wearing rose-tinted spectacles.
The reality is, however, far from rosy. If we want to overcome problems, we must talk about them quite openly. On the African side, disintegration still prevails. The political mandate of the African Union is weak and the African continent is still divided, including economically.
The economic partnership agreements between the EU and African countries do not work, and the African regional economic communities make the whole situation even more confused.
In short, it is hard to talk about Africa as one unit. On the other hand, the Union and its Member States do not have coherent policies on Africa, and they often take a utilitarian or paternalistic approach to partnership. It would therefore be a good thing if the Commission also took account of these aspects in its report."@en1
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