More than 40 heads of state and government of the African Union and their 27 EU colleagues will advise until Friday. It’s about economic cooperation, fighting pandemics and migration. Although not everything is bliss: Africa resents Europe’s hoarding of vaccines as well as its refusal to lift patent protection for vaccines. On average, 62 percent of the world’s population has been vaccinated at least once, compared to just 12 percent in Africa.
Europe needs Africa in migration policy. In addition to the topics of vocational training and transport, this point will be dealt with in one of a total of seven working groups. Austria’s Federal Chancellor, Karl Nehammer, will chair the meeting on the EU side and Portuguese Prime Minister Antonio Costas. It should be about “prospects and jobs” to eliminate reasons for migration, as Nehammer said.
Source: Nachrichten
