Eurafrique

Policy differences between Europe and Africa have been widening, and while there may be warm words about a new partnership when the leaders of the EU and African Union consilium.europa.eu/en/meetings/international-… in Brussels, there are unlikely to be breakthroughs on key African demands. One area where Europeans and Africans have long seen eye-to-eye is fighting jihadists, and Europe has not hesitated to ally with African autocrats who promise a measure of stability. Could Françafrique — the French sphere of influence that outlived the end of French colonialism — still be revived on a European scale, as Eurafrique?
Nick Westcott (twitter.com/NickWestcottRAS) is the director of the Royal African Society in London and he was the first managing director for Africa at the EU's European External Action Service. Faten Aggad (twitter.com/fatenaggad) is a senior advisor at the African Climate Foundation and she was formerly a senior advisor for negotiations with the EU with the African Union High Representative in Addis Ababa. Elissa Jobson (twitter.com/elissajobson) is director for global advocacy at the International Crisis Group and she was previously the group’s main liaison with the African Union. The Open Society European Policy Institute (opensocietyfoundations.org/who-we-are/programs…) partnered with EU Scream (euscream.com) in making this episode.
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