EU warns of ‘instability, war’ due to missed aid targets

EUobserver reports on the latest report published, on 6 April 2011, by the European Commission and OECD related to the development aid goals for 2010.

The figure represents a rise of €4.5 billion on the previous year, but at 0.43 percent of the EU's gross national income (GNI), was below the 0.56 percent target set by EU countries in 2005.

As thousands of refugees continue to flee tough conditions in northern Africa for Europe, EU development commissioner Andris Piebalgs warned that the bloc's current aid levels are ultimately unacceptable, despite the improvement.

• Primary Source

ESO: Background information: An assessment of the balancing of EU development objectives with other policies and priorities http://www.europeansources.info/record/an-assessment-of-the-balancing-of-eu-development-objectives-with-other-policies-and-priorities/

ESO: Background information: Humanitarian crisis tests EU’s policy http://www.europeansources.info/record/humanitarian-crisis-tests-eus-policy/

OECD: Development: Aid increases, but with worrying trends http://euobserver.com/9/32136

european Commission: RAPID: IP/11/410: Commissioner Piebalgs calls for EU to maintain its leadership on official development aid as new figures reveal it spent a record €53.8 billion in 2010 http://europa.eu/rapid/pressReleasesAction.do?reference=IP/11/410&format=PDF&aged=0&language=EN&guiLanguage=en

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