, Open divisions within the European Commission are emerging as President Ursula von der Leyen seeks to offer Egypt s President Abdel Fattah el Sisi a similar deal to her €785 million cash for migrant control pact with Tunisia.
European officials bristle after autocratic leader dismisses their offer as derisory
, The future of the €785 million (US$828m) cash for migrant control deal between Tunisia and the European Union is in question after President Kaïs Saïed dismissed a €60m payment by Brussels as derisory and charity . This is despite the payment having been formally requested by his finance minister Samir Saïed on 31 August.
Relations between the European Parliament and Morocco are nosediving, jeopardising agreements on trade, energy and migration, The fall-out from the Qatargate scandal is tarnishing both the European Parliament, the European Union s legislature, and Morocco s security services. It will also complicate efforts by the European Commission, the EU s executive arm, to strengthen ties with Rabat on security and trade.
Their visit to Russia causes frustration in Brussels, but AU leaders are winning arguments over the damage caused by Moscow s war on Ukraine, At last week s European Union summit in Brussels, Senegal s President Macky Sall, who also chairs the African Union (AU), appeared to have secured public support from the EU for a massive expansion in financial and technical support for agricultural production across Africa.
Western states differ on policies on the deepening authoritarianism in Tunis as food and fuel prices spiral, The political stand-off in Tunisia intensified on 1 April after the anti-terrorism police summoned Islamist leader Rachid Ghannouchi who was accused by President Kaïs Saïed of conspiring against state security.