While Africans and Europeans acknowledge the close link between security and development, drafters of the joint EU-Africa strategy will be challenged to look at ways to avoid a fragmented EU approach, ensure African ownership of the African peace and security architecture, devise continent-wide approaches, and strengthen AU capabilities.
Examples of key questions on this topic are the following. Help set the agenda for the public debate on this issue by sending us key points, initial views and comments. As the consultation goes along we will structure the various ideas and launch more detailed rounds of discussion in a few weeks on the basis of your suggestions:
- How best can the EU contribute to reducing conflict in Africa?
- What are the main causes of instability and conflict in different countries and regions, and how best could the EU, AU and African sub-regional organisations tackle these?
