Catégorie Africa
Post-Brexit UK should ‘sleep together with Europe’: Ex-EU Commissioner Lamy
Talking Europe hosts Pascal Lamy, co-ordinator of the Jacques Delors institutes, and a distinguished former head of the World Trade Organization and former EU Trade Commissioner. We discuss great power competition in today’s world; the EU’s influence when it comes to global trade and regulation; the critical importance of Africa to Europe; and climate adaptation […]
Reshaping the EU’s partnership with Africa at the nexus of climate and development
Pascal Lamy writes there is an urgent need to dispense the notion of a Global North-South divide, restore trust in Africa-Europe relations and transform our model of cooperation, with climate as its new backbone. Political relations have worsened since last year’s long-awaited summit of AU and EU leaders and following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, but the […]
In conversation with… Pascal Lamy
This hour-long dialogue between MIF board member Pascal Lamy and members of the Foundation’s Now Generation Network focused on Africa’s green & blue wealth
Euroquestions | Will the invasion of Ukraine strengthen or weaken the EU integration process?
Leaving Brexit aside, Russia’s invasion of Ukraine is the most important geopolitical development in Europe since the fall of the Berlin wall, which opened a sequence during which EU integration overall moved forward. This trend was confirmed in recent years, including with the Covid crisis. But will it be the case this time again? Whereas […]
Pascal Lamy: A united Africa can win at Cop27
The former Director-General of the World Trade Organisation says that Africa must adopt united positions on finance and the energy transition if it is to succeed at Cop27 in Egypt. Gravel-voiced and with eyes that miss nothing, Pascal Lamy is used to driving a hard bargain. As Director-General of the World Trade Organisation from 2005 to […]
L’Afrique a le choix de tous ses partenaires
De son parcours dans les instances internationales (OMC, Fondation Mo Ibrahim) Pascal Lamy, 75 ans, capitalise sur une riche vision stratégique. Il dessine une trajectoire pour l’Europe et l’Afrique au milieu des crises et des conflits de puissances. Le fond de tableau que nous connaissons, sans lequel ce qui se passe en Ukraine n’est pas […]
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