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The last-minute withdrawal of conditionality amendments will spare local communities, especially civil society and women’s rights organizations, from harm. The EU’s upcoming long-term budget should continue to choose evidence over ideology and solidarity over self-interest.

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Research has consistently shown that the relationship between development and migration is complex and non-linear. Making support conditional on migration control oversimplifies this relationship and diverts scarce development resources away from their intended purposes.

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Today’s European Parliament report on development cooperation and migration sends a strong message in light of the negotiations on the next EU budget: development aid should not be conditional on migration control measures.

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The EU should not blur the line between commercial partnerships and development cooperation, which carries specific historical and political weight. And builds trust when done properly. Global Gateway should remain distinct and complementary to EU development cooperation.

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Partner ownership must move from language to governance. If Global Gateway is to be relevant, partner priorities must shape decision-making. The voices of communities directly affected by projects must be systematically heard and meaningfully integrated.

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Global Gateway still needs a clearer strategic compass. Bringing development cooperation, trade, investment, SDGs and EU strategic interests under one framework does not settle the trade-offs between them. The EU needs a coherent vision of partnership in a fragmented world.

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ActionAid EU @actionaideu.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

The Council’s Conclusions on Global Gateway include welcome language on human rights, gender equality, local ownership, civil society participation, transparency and accountability. The real test is whether these principles shape project selection, financing and governance.

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At the EU Food Justice Forum, one message was clear: food justice cannot be financed through models that see food systems as business opportunities. The EU’s next budget and Global Gateway investments must treat food not as another commodity, but as what it is: a human right. #EUFoodJusticeForum

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ActionAid EU @actionaideu.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

Food is a human right, yet millions still lack access to healthy and sustainable food. 🌍🌱 Join the conversation on food rights, EU policies, and global justice. Because everyone deserves nutritious food. 🥔✊ Save the date:📍9 June in Brussels

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European Network on Debt and Development - Eurodad @eurodadnews.bsky.social · 30/04/2026

#Aid is facing historic cuts, declining quality & a growing shift from “donors to investors" 👎 📌 Join us on 7 May to explore what these changes mean in practice and share ideas for a new vision for the future. Register now: www.eurodad.org/aid_event_2026 #AidCuts #DevelopmentFinance

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Read our input to the GAP IV consultation here: actionaid.org/publications...

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We break down 4 key priorities we need to see in GAP IV to make this happen:

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The EU must strengthen its approach to gender equality by: • Integrating gender across all policies (not just standalone projects) • Funding targeted actions that tackle inequality directly • Working closely with local civil society and women’s rights organisations

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Gender equality must be at the centre of EU external action. As the EU prepares its next Gender Action Plan (GAP IV), the stakes are high. Across the world, women and girls are facing rising inequality, shrinking civic space, and increasing climate and economic pressures.

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Binding ceilings on blended finance and budgetary guarantees. Transparency and accountability tied directly to how those instruments are used. If it doesn't work for partners, it's not development. #MFF #GlobalEurope

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Global Europe should promote dialogues, partnerships and shared priorities with partner countries — not threaten them. What the regulation must deliver: thematic targets including for LDCs, climate, human development, gender equality and civil society.

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but only with binding ceilings, genuine additionality, and accountability. Aid conditionality linked to migration should be removed: it conflicts with ODA's purpose, is not based on evidence, and the rhetoric behind it does not match the reality of how development budgets work.

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Development budgets are for shared priorities — long-term, mutual, fair. Not for routing public money through financial instruments that primarily de-risk European private investment. Blended finance and guarantees can work —

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