BRUSSELS — France has warned the European Commission that negotiations over its seven-year budget are “no excuse” for delaying the announcement of how much it intends to commit to the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria for 2020-2022.
The fund, a multilateral health partnership, is aiming to raise $14 billion at its sixth replenishment conference in October in Lyon, France.
On Monday, the European Union’s development commissioner Neven Mimica presented the final €73 million ($81.8 million) of the EU’s €475 million pledge to the Global Fund for 2017-2019.