MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION (2025/2933(RSP))
On renewing the EU-Africa Partnership: building common priorities ahead of the Angola Summit
B-10-2025-0477
on behalf of the S&D Group · Rapporteur: Kathleen Van Brempt, Marit Maij
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Parliament's resolution ahead of the seventh EU-AU Summit calls for a renewed partnership of equals, urging ratification of the Samoa Agreement and alignment with the SDGs and Agenda 2063.¶¶¶ It demands action on financing, debt, tax justice, climate, peace, migration, gender equality, and critical minerals, and institutionalising parliamentary oversight.¶¶¶
Key points
- Reaffirms commitment to a genuine partnership of equals with the AU based on shared values and solidarity.¶
- Calls for ratification and full implementation of the Samoa Agreement and its Africa-EU regional protocol.¶
- Stresses that the 2030 Agenda and Agenda 2063 must guide cooperation, aligning all EU policies and frameworks with the SDGs and Paris Agreement.¶
- Regrets USAID budget cuts and calls for predictable long-term development financing from the EU and member states.¶
- Calls for EU support for debt restructuring and reform of the international financial architecture, including a gender perspective.¶
- Calls for intensifying cooperation against tax avoidance, evasion, and illicit financial flows, and supports a global wealth tax of 2%.¶
- Emphasises climate justice and a just green transition, including co-investment and local manufacturing of green technologies.¶
- Calls for strengthening the AU's Peace and Security Architecture with African ownership and civilian protection.¶
- Calls for a rights-based approach to migration, prioritising human dignity and legal mobility over externalisation.¶
- Calls for joint action to eliminate gender-based violence and ensure women's full participation.¶
- Calls for suspension of trade in critical raw materials whose origin cannot be verified as free from conflict.¶
- Calls for institutionalising the parliamentary dimension of EU-AU summits and a joint oversight hearing after 24 months.¶¶
Who is affected
- EU member states and African partners: urged to ratify the Samoa Agreement and increase ODA to 0.7% of GNI.¶¶
- Women's rights organisations: calls for increased funding and support.¶
- African countries: targeted for debt restructuring, climate finance, and support for peace and security.¶¶¶
- Civil society, human rights defenders, and media: calls for enhanced support.¶