In April outgoing European Council president Charles Michel offered EU defence and security support to the two countries during his own visit...
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Senegal and Cote d'Ivoire are the most likely next targets for migration deals with the EU Commission with European Council President Charles Michel having pushed the issue during his visit to presidents Bassirou Diomaye Faye and Alassane Dramane Ouattara in April (AC Vol 65 No 11 Faye's diplomatic rounds)...
Meanwhile President Bassirou Diomaye Faye has been pursuing a more orthodox international approach receiving EU Council President Charles Michel in Dakar before touring first regional neighbours Mauritania Gambia and Guinea Bissau and now the very heart of the Ecowas establishment...
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Vol 65 No 3 |
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The gathering in Rome was attended by 50 delegations including the Presidents of the European Commission Council and Parliament Ursula von der Leyen Charles Michel and Roberta Metsola...
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In September both EU foreign affairs high representative Josep Borrell and European Council President Charles Michel complained that normal procedures had not been followed in drawing up the Memorandum of Understanding with Tunisia (AC Vol 64 No 16 Bang to rights)...
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Cash flow shortages notwithstanding the OACPS is still planning to cover the full costs of a two-day retreat at a Belgian resort for ambassadors with Louis Michel former Belgian foreign minister and the father of European Council President Charles Michel...
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After consolidating her position in the ruling Chama Cha Mapinduzi (CCM) party with considerable skill and quiet support from party grandees of the pre-Magufuli era she spread diplomatic balm during multiple foreign trips meeting the heads of the World Bank's private sector arm the International Finance Corporation (IFC) the African Development Bank (AfDB) France's President Emmanuel Macron and French business leaders there and in Brussels Charles Michel President of the European Council and European Commission President Ursula Von der Leyen who announced €425 million in projects...
European Council President Charles Michel and European Commission chief Ursula von der Leyen were able to brief that they and the AU had agreed on a united message on food security placing the blame for disruptions to food supply squarely on Russian President Vladimir Putin's shoulders (Dispatches 10/5/22 The UN reports that food and energy crises are deepening due to Russia's war on Ukraine)...
Also in Paris for Macron's meeting were the European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen the European Council president Charles Michel and the EU's foreign policy chief Josep Borrell...
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With less than three weeks before the EU –African Union summit in Brussels the move appears timed to answer critics who had accused European Council President Charles Michel and French President Emmanuel Macron of having focused too heavily on leaders from Francophone Africa in the preparations for the summit...
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