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Charting the course to 2020: Fundamental choices for the negotiation of a future ACP-EU partnership

Negotiations for the future of ACP-EU relations are due to start later this year. Policymakers will have to make important decisions on the core features of a future partnership. Between now and 2020, several internal and external negotiations coincide that will define the future shape of EU foreign relations.

How to redesign a future ACP-EU agreement with regional partnerships in this context? What are the fundamental political choices to be made in the upcoming negotiations? In a new ECDPM paper, Alfonso Medinilla and Jean Bossuyt aim to answer these questions, and more.

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