{"id":1229,"date":"2025-10-02T04:04:32","date_gmt":"2025-10-02T04:04:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/the-acp-eu-relationship\/"},"modified":"2025-10-02T04:04:32","modified_gmt":"2025-10-02T04:04:32","slug":"the-acp-eu-relationship","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/blogs\/the-acp-eu-relationship\/","title":{"rendered":"The Acp Eu Relationship"},"content":{"rendered":"<section class=\"content column wide left blog content view\" id=\"content\">\n<div id=\"banner-fade\" class=\"block\">\n<ul class=\"bjqs noside\">\n<li>\n\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"The ACP-EU Relationship \" src=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/files\/var\/broker\/storage\/images\/blogs\/the-acp-eu-relationship\/152318-3-eng-gb\/the-acp-eu-relationship_carousel.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<div class=\"text intro_highlight\">\n<h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t<strong><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<i><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tThe ACP-EU Relationship<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/i><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/strong><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n<p class=\"yunu3cvqabft7vifv\">The ACP Group needs to strengthen itself politically while the EU must be prepared to renew its partnership with ACP countries on equal terms.<\/p>\n<div class=\"pubDate\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<!-- \n\n<p class=\"right\"> | July 05, 2025<\/p>\n\n-->\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p>\t\t\t\t<a href=\"#blog-description\" class=\"popup readmore\" rel=\"prettyPhoto\" title=\"The ACP-EU Relationship\"><strong>&#x25b6;<\/strong><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div id=\"blog-description\" class=\"hide\">\n<p class=\"yunu3cvqabft7vifv\">The African, Caribbean and Pacific Group of States (ACP) needs to strengthen itself politically while the European Union (EU) must be prepared to renew its partnership with ACP countries on equal terms, taking it beyond the donor-recipient relationship.<\/p>\n<p class=\"yunu3cvqabft7vifv\">These are some of the opinions set forth in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\" target=\"_blank\">Special Report<\/a> on the future of the ACP-EU relationship just published by The Broker and an online discussion organized by the European Centre for Development Policy Management (ECDPM), culminating in a conference on the topic hosted by the Centre in Maastricht last week.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"yunu3cvqabft7vifv\">In the aftermath of the conference, The Broker continues the discussion here at this blog. 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You can submit your comments below or send your contribution to moderator <a href=\"mailto:maarten@thebrokeronline.eu\" target=\"_blank\">Maarten van den Berg<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article\">\n<div class=\"body contents\">\n<div class=\"share\">\n\t\t<script type=\"text\/javascript\">\n    var addthis_config = {\n        ui_language = 'en'\n    }\n<\/script><\/p>\n<div class=\"addthis sharing\">\n\t<!-- AddThis Button BEGIN --><\/p>\n<div class=\"addthis_toolbox addthis_default_style addthis_32x32_style\" addthis:title=\"The ACP-EU Relationship \">\n\t<a class=\"addthis_button_twitter\" tw:via=\"thebrokeronline\"><\/a><br \/>\n\t<a class=\"addthis_button_facebook\"><\/a><br \/>\n\t<a class=\"addthis_button_pinterest_share\"><\/a><br \/>\n\t<a class=\"addthis_button_preferred_4\"><\/a><br \/>\n\t<a class=\"addthis_button_compact\"><\/a><br \/>\n\t<a class=\"addthis_counter addthis_bubble_style\"><\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<p>\t<script type=\"text\/javascript\">var addthis_config = data_track_addressbar;<\/script><br \/>\n\t<script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/files\/js\/300\/addthis_widget.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n\t<!-- AddThis Button END -->\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"addthis article_options\">\n\t\t<!-- \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/mandrill\/subscription\/add\/75009\/17605\">Subscribe<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t -->\n    \t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"clear\"><\/div>\n<section class=\"subitem content column wide left blog\">\n<div class=\"children blue\">\n<div class=\"rounded-corner\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"article fader\">\n<section class=\"children related\">\n<div class=\"article\">\n<div class=\"wleft\">\n<div class=\"img\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/blogs\/the-acp-eu-relationship\/hearts-and-minds-for-acp-eu-relations\/\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/files\/var\/broker\/storage\/images\/blogs\/the-acp-eu-relationship\/hearts-and-minds-for-acp-eu-relations\/152565-2-eng-gb\/hearts-and-minds-for-acp-eu-relations_column.jpg\" alt=\"Hearts and minds for ACP-EU relations\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"wright\">\n<header>\n<h3 class=\"blog_post\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/blogs\/the-acp-eu-relationship\/hearts-and-minds-for-acp-eu-relations\/\">Hearts and minds for ACP-EU relations<\/a><\/h3>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/experts-and-authors\/van-den-berg-maarten\/\">Maarten van den Berg<\/a>\t\t\t\t\t|<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t06 July 2025<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/header>\n<p class=\"yunu3cvqabft7vifv\">\n\t\t\tNeither within the EU nor within ACP countries, the ACP-EU partnership is something that lives in the hearts and minds of citizens.\n\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t<a class=\"more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/blogs\/the-acp-eu-relationship\/hearts-and-minds-for-acp-eu-relations\/\">&#x25b6;<\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"clear\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<div class=\"navigator\">\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n","protected":false,"raw":""},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The ACP-EU Relationship The ACP Group needs to strengthen [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"template_2.php","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1229","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.2 - 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