September 13, 2011
Tonight we will be holding a joint event with the ODI on EU external aid, following our report on the subject earlier in the year, “EU external aid: who is it for?”.The speakers are:Baroness Glenys Kinnock, Opposition Spokesperson for the Department of…
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EU Foreign Minister Baroness Catherine Ashton yesterday presented the Commission’s proposals for a revamp of EU aid to post-Communist countries, North Africa and the Middle East under the European Neighbourhood Policy (ENP). This review was certainly…
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As promised, here is Part 2, which focusses on the Commission’s second response to our two-part series on EU aid – this time our report looking specifically at the EU’s approach in North Africa and the Middle East, the follow up to our briefing on the …
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May 11, 2011
The strong reaction to our report on EU external aid, particularly in the Netherlands, has prompted the European Commission to issue a 14 page rebuttal. Without rehashing the Commission’s entire response, which you can read here, we think it’s importan…
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The strong reaction to our report on EU external aid, particularly in the Netherlands, has prompted the European Commission to issue a 14 page rebuttal. Without rehashing the Commission’s entire response, which you can read here, we think it’s importan…
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May 9, 2011
As a follow-up to our much discussed report on the EU’s external aid policy, on Sunday we published a new briefing looking at the effectiveness of EU assistance to North Africa and the Middle East. The EU’s funding effort towards its Southern neighbour…
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April 19, 2011
Our recent aid report has kicked off a bit of a storm in the Netherlands.Nieuws.nl reports this evening that a debate will be held in the Dutch Parliament, the Tweede Kamer, on EU aid spending at the request of a PVV MP, with the support of the governi…
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April 18, 2011
In a new report released yesterday, we examine the EU’s €12bn external aid budget and question who is it actually for? As the waves of protests in Africa and the Middle East prompt some much needed reflection on the West’s foreign policies, we thin…
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November 16, 2010
After a tumultuous five-plus-months of discussions, EU negotiations over the 2011 budget broke down two days ago, leaving an array of despondent MEPs, Commissioners and eurocrats to lament a ‘budgetary crisis’.Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso l…
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August 19, 2010
A famous Chinese proverb says: “When the finger points at the moon, the foolish man looks at the finger”. We don’t know if EU Commissioner for Humanitarian Aid Kristalina Georgieva (in action in the picture) is familiar with Chinese proverbs, but this …
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