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In line with its 2022 global health strategy (GHS), the expansion of international partnerships on health is a priority for the European Union (EU). As the 2020 Africa strategy underlines, the African continent, including at regional and national levels, is one of the EU's strategic partners, not least on health. Nevertheless, it was not until February 2022, in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, that health was explicitly included as one of the strategic priorities of the EU–African Union (AU) partnership ...

Cross-border parental child abductions in the EU are governed by The 1980 Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction and (except for Denmark) the Brussels II-ter Regulation. Countries outside of the EU may or may not be Contracting States to ‘the Convention’, but will not be bound by Brussels II-ter. Research has found that the often negative, long-lasting impact of abduction may continue throughout the lifecycle of those who have been abducted. It may also affect future ...

During its February II part-session, the European Parliament is due to vote on giving its consent to the conclusion of a fisheries agreement granting Seychelles vessels access to the waters of the French overseas department of Mayotte. The new 6-year agreement continues the existing reciprocal fisheries arrangements between the EU and Seychelles.

On 18 December 2023, the EU and Kenya signed an economic partnership agreement (EPA). The European Parliament has to give its consent for it to enter fully into force. The EU Kenya EPA will immediately provide duty-free, quota-free EU market access to all exports from Kenya, combined with a partial and gradual opening of the Kenyan market to imports from the EU. The text of the agreement includes binding provisions on trade and sustainable development, and a transparent dispute resolution mechanism ...

More than 90 % of people who cross the external borders of the European Union (EU) irregularly do so with the assistance of migrant smugglers. The facilitation of irregular migration is a highly profitable criminal activity, given the relatively low risks incurred by the perpetrators. Detections of irregular border crossings are at their highest levels since 2016, yet demand for migration facilitation services has also risen to a new high. This high demand is not only due to the fact that people ...

On 15 November 2023, the European Union (EU) and its Member States signed a new partnership agreement (referred to as the 'Samoa Agreement') with member states of the Organisation of African, Caribbean and Pacific States (OACPS). The multiple negotiation levels, the coronavirus crisis and difficulties in reaching agreement on sensitive issues, such as migration management and sexual and reproductive health and rights, prevented the new agreement from being finalised by the initial expiry date set ...

With a budget of almost €79.5 billion in 2021 prices, the Global Europe Instrument is the EU's main financing instrument for external action for 2021 to 2027. The European Commission adopted most of the programming documents under the instrument in December 2021, setting out the priorities and budget allocations for EU cooperation with its partner countries and regions. After two years of operations and before the instrument's mid-term evaluation, the Parliament is set to vote in December on a report ...

Cooperarea UE cu țările africane și cu Uniunea Africană (UA) se bazează pe două cadre distincte: (a) acordurile de parteneriat cu statele din Africa, zona Caraibilor și Pacific (ACP) și (b) Strategia comună Africa-UE. Acordul de parteneriat, semnat la Cotonou (Benin) în 2000 între UE și statele ACP și care a constituit temeiul juridic al dimensiunilor politice, economice și de dezvoltare ale parteneriatului de peste 20 de ani, va fi înlocuit cu un acord complet nou, semnat la Samoa la 15 noiembrie ...

Over 20 months after the start of Russia's war of aggression against Ukraine, the European Union has so far earmarked €12 billion (in current prices) from the European Peace Facility (EPF), itself funded by the Member States, in military aid for Ukraine. Set up before the launch of Russia's war on Ukraine, the EPF was initially intended to finance military assistance worldwide, with a particular focus on Africa. The EU has directed EPF-funded support to partner countries' armies, to military components ...

During the November I part-session, the European Parliament is due to vote on giving its consent to the conclusion of a new fisheries agreement and implementing protocol with Madagascar. This new framework re establishes EU–Madagascar fisheries relations, providing access rights for the EU fleet to fish in Malagasy waters. In return, the EU contributes to the local fisheries' sustainable development and to marine protection.