Press Release: Presidents Barroso, Borrell and Blair sign the European Consensus reaffirming Europe’s leadership in Development cooperation

The Presidents of the European Commission, José Manuel Barroso, of the European Parliament, Josep Borrell i Fontelles, and of the Council of the European Union, Tony Blair, signed on 20 December 2005 in Brussels the first joint Development Policy Statement (DPS). This 'European consensus' will provide the Union, for the first time in 50 years of development co-operation, with a common vision of values, objectives, principles and means for development.

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European Commission: DG Development: Key Issues: EU Development Policy: The European Consensus on Development http://ec.europa.eu/development/body/development_policy_statement/index_en.htm

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