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Senior Executive, Head of Economic Recovery and Transformation @ECDPM (#Africa, #Europe, beyond). Tweets are my personal views
Feb 16, 2022 11 tweets 10 min read
1/ 6th #AUEUSummit key delivery will be a €150 bn(?!) investment package = half of the new EU Global Gateway €300 bn package. dw.com/en/eu-reveals-…

This represents the strategic packaging of EU aid until 2027 = a nice Commission effort 2/ Europe can do a lot to boost investment in Africa, through joint steering and partnerships, as I argued w/ @PamellaEunice @keijzer_niels in @ettg_eu paper
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Dec 2, 2021 8 tweets 7 min read
1/ The #GlobalGateway proposed by the @EU_Commission is a most welcome initiative. It builds on EU strategic priorities and strength on development finance for sustainable investment 2/ But the real question is whether the EU will have the means of its ambitions. Where is the additional financial firepower? Or is it just smart re-branding of what the EU planned to do anyway?

EU aid long-term budget is set. Programming of EU aid is already underway.