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    Holdouts overshadow EU’s new partnership with Africa, Caribbean, Pacific

    After years of negotiations, the EU and the Organisation of African, Caribbean and Pacific states struck a deal, but for some members more time, and debate, is needed.

    By Vince Chadwick // 16 November 2023

    The European Union finally inked a new partnership agreement with the 79-member Organisation of African, Caribbean and Pacific states on Wednesday, but the win was muted by the fact that only 44 of those 79 countries came ready to sign the deal into provisional application during a two-day meeting in the Samoan capital, Apia.

    The remaining 35, including heavyweights such as Nigeria, Rwanda, and Senegal, have until the end of the year to sign or risk losing access to loans from the European Investment Bank, which relies on the agreement for its legal operating mandate outside the EU.

    Officials from the EU institutions and the OACPS secretariat were confident, however, that the remaining states would sign in the coming weeks.

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