French overseas aid reshuffled after budget cuts

The new act on "development policy and international solidarity" was passed by a large majority in the French Senate on the 27 May 2014.

The new French legislation on development aid policy aims to create a unique structure to oversee the country's international technical expertise.

• Primary Source

ESO: Background information: French MPs strengthen development aid policy http://www.europeansources.info/record/french-mps-strengthen-development-aid-policy/

ESO: Background information: Has the EU become more generous to the developing world? http://www.europeansources.info/record/has-the-eu-become-more-generous-to-the-developing-world/

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