A new multilateralism for the post-COVID world: What role for the EU-Africa partnership?
Multilateralism has been in trouble for a while, particularlyâ âat the global level. Yet, the European Union (EU) and itsâ âmember states have remained among its staunchestâ âsupporters.âIân their June 2019 Council Conclusions, EUâ âleaders drew the outlines of a common European vision toâ âuphold, extend and reform the multilateral system. Againstâ âan increasingly complex and contested geopoliticalâ âbackdrop, these goals were further developed in theâ ârecent EU Communication on Multilateralism, published inâ âFebruary 2021.