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"Mr President, we will only find out if the EU-Africa Summit was worth the effort in 2010 when the next summit will be held, depending on whether the issues discussed at that time are new or the same as today. That will be the criterion and the time for assessing the results of what happened this weekend in Lisbon. However, in the meantime, we can take stock to a certain extent.
This summit was presented as a summit for dialogue, genuinely bilateral partnership and common sharing of responsibilities. These are worthy aims. In the new relationship between Europe and Africa, there can be no one leader as Africans must be responsible for their own destiny. It is up to us, the European neighbours, to be generous and consistent in our development aid. If, in 2010, we are well on the way to achieving the Millennium Development Goals and if there are fewer deaths, less hunger, more democracy, more respect for human rights, more fair trade and more growth and development, then this summit will have been a success. If the same dictators are still in power and the same deals are still being done, bringing many benefits to very few, then it will sadly have been an opportunity lost."@en1
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