What are the main principles/objectives of the Union’s development cooperation?
The primary objective of the Union’s development cooperation policy is the ‘reduction and, in the long term, the eradication of the poverty’ (Article 208 TFEU). The same article reaffirms the principle of coherence of EU internal and external policies with development objectives when these policies are likely to affect developing countries. The abovementioned article also makes a clear reference to the Millennium Development Goals by stating that the ‘Union and the Member States shall comply with the commitments and take account of the objectives they have approved in the context of the United Nations and other competent international organizations’.
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