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The EU's Global Gateway will be part of the 'innovative' financial instruments needs to finance development, says Josef Sikela, EU commissioner for external partnerships (Photo: European Commission)

EU offers 'bare minimum' ahead of key aid summit

The EU will not increase its commitments on development spending at a key UN summit on development finance in June, after EU ministers agreed joint conclusions dismissed as “the bare minimum” on Monday (26 May). 

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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.

The EU's Global Gateway will be part of the 'innovative' financial instruments needs to finance development, says Josef Sikela, EU commissioner for external partnerships (Photo: European Commission)

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Author Bio

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.

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