Nothing underscores the continued patterns of colonial power more than the issue of money. The outcomes of all the summits between the two blocs are usually dominated by announcements about the aid and investment that should flow to the continent. This year the EU will be able to boast a staggering 150 billion euro (about US$170 billion).
AuthorFrank Mattheis
Frank Mattheis is a Research Fellow at the United Nations University Institute on Comparative Regional Integration Studies (UNU-CRIS). He coordinates the cluster "Regions and Cities Governance Lab" (Re-LAB).