From Lome to Cotonou: Business as Usual?

In: European foreign affairs review, Band 9, Heft 1, S. 27-47

Abstract

We will argue in this article that there are a number of forces impacting the longstanding ACP-EU relationship that are altering the nature of the relationship in a fundamental way. We will first analyze the forces that make these changes inevitable. In section II we discuss the forces in the environment of the ACP-EU cooperation. In section III we will look at the effectiveness of the Lome model. Section IV will analyze the Cotonou Agreement, while section V will look at the implementation of the new agreement. Section VI summarizes & concludes. 3 Tables, 1 Figure. Adapted from the source document.