The EU needs to recognise that we can only make progress where our African partners are open to change”, said MEP György Hölvényi, Coordinator for EPP Group Coordinator in the Committee on Development, at the plenary session of the EP on EU-Africa relations
György Hölvényi MEP tells Mace’s Themistoklis Asthenidis about his expectations for a new partnership deal between the European Union and the African Union covering five major pillars.
We look forward to an ambitious leadership from the French Presidency, building on the work already started
In recognition of the work of the past two and a half years, MEP György Hölvényi was re-elected by his fellow MEPs as the Coordinator for the EPP Group in the Committee on Development.
There is a need for a change in European Africa policy. A characteristic centre-right, Christian-Democratic position is essential for this,” said György Hölvényi, Member of the European Parliament
“Increasing vaccination in Africa is not only our humanitarian duty, but it is also in Europe’s best interest” pointed out MEP György Hölvényi in his contribution to the topical debate titled: The EU’s Role in Combatting the Covid-19 Pandemic on the plenary sitting of the European Parliament.
The most urgent task for the next years will be to address the migratory pressures from Africa. We cannot allow the EU to stand idly by the imminent migration crisis as it did in 2015.