EU announces new approach to development aid

The new US government has ordered the temporary stop of development aid payments. Many now hope for the EU – but it only wants to fill the gaps in selected cases.

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EU announces new approach to development aid

Brussels (dpa) – The European Union intends to compensate for the loss of US development aid payments only under certain conditions and in selected cases, the bloc’s top diplomat, Kaja Kallas, said in an interview with the news agency network enr published on Thursday. “We agreed that we are not automatically filling the void with European money because first, we don’t have those funds,” the EU foreign affairs representative told enr. Moreover, …

The new US government has ordered a temporary halt to development aid payments. Many are now pinning their hopes on the EU – but the EU does not see itself as a compliant gap-filler.