Tema destacado del Lunes, 10. Diciembre 2007

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A new dialogue between the EU and Africa?

On December 9th, in Lisbon, Europeans and Africans adopted a declaration that stipulates the principles of a strategic partnership 'of equals', intended to open a new chapter. This ended the summit where Africa expressed its demands, at times with vehemence, regarding this common future.

Le Soir - Bélgica

"If the summit is important, it's because African heads of state, massively present with the unfortunate exception of President Kabila, have not allowed themselves to be divided", considers Colette Braekman. "Courted or threatened individually and asked to sign agreements separately, African countries have together joined forces and obtained an extension for negotiations. ... This being said, in addition to its economic power and the scope of its aid, Europe has other assets that are admired by Africans: its exemplary integration, human rights values, tolerance and respect for minorities. If Europe is capable of exporting its values as well as its finished products, the dialogue opened in Lisbon, albeit frank and even confrontational, remains rich with possibility." (10/12/2007)

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Mladá fronta Dnes - La República Checa

The EU-Africa summit has failed to produce concrete results on concrete issues, in particular trade, writes Ladislav Kryzánek. "Some African countries have made it clear that they prefer to work together with China or India. Half a century after colonial rule came to an end, relations between Africa and Europe are still sensitive and complex. And the competition is very much on the ball. The EU may still be Africa's most important trade partner, but China is aggressively trying to supplant it. It's less complicated for Beijing: it has no scruples and unlike the Europeans doesn't ask awkward questions about human rights - it just gets down to business." (10/12/2007)

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Público - Portugal

For Teresa de Sousa, the EU-Africa summit has marked a "new frontier" for Europe and an opportunity for Africa. "Europe has turned the page. It has adjusted its Africa policy to new global conditions, to its new interests and ambitions. It has made proposals that are specific to Africa's exterior policy: a multilateral approach, a political dialogue subject to certain conditions and the sharing of values and interests. It has yet to be put to practical test and the pressure of public opinion, sensitive to African dramas, has yet to be dealt with ... . But summits cannot be judged by their 'concrete' results. They function as indicators of change. In Lisbon there has been a change of agenda, of discourse and of political engagement. That is already quite something, even if it is not perfect." (10/12/2007)

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El País - España

The daily takes stock of the EU summit and is not impressed. One weakness it highlights is "the incapacity to place at the top of the agenda two of the most brutal crises of the moment that have been completely forgotten: Zimbabwe and Darfur ... . Europe does not speak as one when it comes to Africa. It continues to have bilateral relations with this continent that it divided up and shared in 1885 and this will continue into the future. This is why the ex-guerrilla Robert Mugabe, an exemplary oppressor who has savagely bled Rhodesia, and Omar Al-Bachir, no less a dictator, who is orchestrating the Darfur genocide and has been for years torpedoing UN envoys, have been able to arrogantly parade along the corridors of the Lisbon meeting venue." (10/12/2007)

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Der Standard - Austria

Political scientist Sebastian Wadle of the Berliner Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik (Berlin Foundation for Science and Politics) calls for the strengthening of multilateral relations between the EU and the countries of Africa in an interview with Sonja Fercher. "The African Union (AU) is problematic from several points of view. For one thing, a multilateral organisation like the AU can only be as good as its member states. We know this from our experiences with the UN and the EU, and one should always bear it in mind. Secondly, it is a young organisation still in the process of development and is both institutionally and financially weak. The EU's history supports the idea of promoting the AU: those who cooperate don't shoot at each other. But multilateral cooperation can be complicated: the EU has 27 member states while the AU has 53, all with different interests which must be taken into account. This entails highly complex negotiation processes, which is why institutionalisation is so important for achieving coherent agreements." (10/12/2007)

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