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The French government published a summary, which patently ignored the criticisms and calls from several Global South leaders on the process and the lack of ambition from Global North countries (Photo: consilium.europa.eu)

The good, the bad, and the ugly of Macron's Global South summit

French President Emmanuel Macron had hoped that last week's Summit for a New Global Financial Pact in Paris would be a show of global unity for international financial architecture reform.

Instead it showcased the wide chasm between what the global south needs and what the global north is willing to concede.

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Iolanda Fresnillo is policy and advocacy manager for debt justice at Eurodad, an NGO focussing on debt and development.

The French government published a summary, which patently ignored the criticisms and calls from several Global South leaders on the process and the lack of ambition from Global North countries (Photo: consilium.europa.eu)

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Iolanda Fresnillo is policy and advocacy manager for debt justice at Eurodad, an NGO focussing on debt and development.

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