At the Foreign Affairs Council on Monday 14th of May EU Development Ministers met for a short 3-hour council meeting, their first of the year, with a very packed agenda. One of their achievements was...
There are some positive news stories to tell in relation to the EU’s progress on fighting poverty over the last year. In 2010, the Lisbon Treaty put in place a much strengthened legal basis for...
The European Union is marginalising anti-poverty objectives within its new foreign policy arm, the External Action Service (EEAS), outlines a new report today by CONCORD, the European confederation of Relief and Development NGOs.
This report uncovers some of the policy incoherencies between EU policies and development objectives. As stipulated in the Lisbon Treaty, the EU is committed to eradicate poverty in developing...
