After a week of intense, constructive and fruitful debates, the fifth edition of ‘Africa Week’, organised by the Socialists and Democrats in the European Parliament, has come to an end. True to tradition, we hosted a fully-fledged event on EU-Africa relations with European and African personalities, politicians, young people and representatives of civil society.
Equal partnership, democracy, respect for human rights and due diligence risk being empty words if Europe does not commit to a real partnership. The EU must put aside its lazy approach where democracy means the status quo, due diligence means business as usual, and equal partnership means some partners are more equal than others.
This is the message we want to deliver to the crucial upcoming EU-Africa Summit to be held in Brussels from 17 to 19 February. The fifth ‘Africa Week’ was a success and it confirms our relentless and passionate fight for Africa and with African people against the breach of the rule of law, violence, inequalities and educational gaps. Together, we will make it.
