Egypt’s strongman president Abdel Fattah el Sisi is the latest authoritarian leader to be embraced as a close friend of the EU. At a summit in Brussels on Wednesday (22 October), the EU Commission rolled out the red carpet for him, offering cash and membership of the bloc’s lucrative Horizon Europe research programme.
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Benjamin Fox is a seasoned reporter and editor, previously working for fellow Brussels publication Euractiv. His reporting has also been published in the Guardian, the East African, Euractiv, Private Eye and Africa Confidential, among others. He heads up the AU-EU section at EUobserver, based in Nairobi, Kenya.
Benjamin Fox is a seasoned reporter and editor, previously working for fellow Brussels publication Euractiv. His reporting has also been published in the Guardian, the East African, Euractiv, Private Eye and Africa Confidential, among others. He heads up the AU-EU section at EUobserver, based in Nairobi, Kenya.