Addressing Members of the European Parliament, EU Commissioner for Development, Louis Michel, said last week that the EU’s policies will not always be coherent with development objectives. According to him, as a consequence, Africa will have to learn to live with the adverse effects these policies will sometimes have on their countries’ development situation. For example, the renewed refunds granted by the EU to European pork exports to developing countries has already had a devastating effect on local pork production in Cameroon, as European imports are sold much cheaper than local produce. This is clearly an incoherent practice that should be abandoned immediately.
Source: eucoherence.com

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