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"Mr President, the proposal by the European Commission and Commissioner Louis Michel on a new strategic partnership between the European Union and Africa really does break away from the development policy of the European Union applied in the past.
For the first time, the European Union is going beyond its traditional thinking in humanitarian aid and development cooperation and is formulating – and will, I hope, immediately implement – an integrated strategy on Africa.
Africa will not have a future if it continues to rely on charity from the rich. It needs a peaceful revolution in order to change productive structures, the economy, trade, agriculture, institutions and education.
No international strategy for Africa will succeed unless it helps to consolidate democratic institutions, fight the established autocracy, strengthen civil society and defend human rights and democratic freedoms.
The European Commission should plan specialised programmes for the media, for non-governmental organisations, for universities and for research institutes in Africa.
The implementation of the objective being set by the European Commission to strengthen regional, economic and commercial integration is of decisive importance in combating poverty and to the economic development of the African continent.
However, this objective cannot implement itself. At the same time, additional action is needed by the European Union for a fair system of world trade, for improving the functioning of the World Trade Organisation and for bold reform of the generalised system of preferences for the benefit of the poor countries."@en1
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