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Next week, the 7th AU-EU Heads of State and Government Summit is taking place in Angola (24-25 November), just two days after the G20 summit in Johannesburg, chaired by South Africa. In this context, the EU does not only have the opportunity but the strategic necessity to revamp its relationship with Africa amid a changing geopolitical order in which Africa is diversifying its partnerships.

From deepening collaboration on peace and security to reforming the global financial and debt architecture and rethinking the aid paradigm, key issues will be on the table. Last summit took place in a very different global context, just days before the Russian invasion of Ukraine in 2022. In 2025 priorities have shifted, especially from the European side. Although the 3rd AU-EU Ministerial Meeting last May in Brussels showed promising signals, it remains to be seen whether both sides will demonstrate the political will to turn words into action and revive this partnerships in the upcoming months. 

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📅  29 NOVEMBER

📍  COPENHAGEN, DENMARK

Call to Europe Denmark 2025
Well-being for all

With the Danish Presidency of the Council of the EU, a new opportunity emerges to place “Well-being for all” at the heart of Europe’s future, which means building a Europe that delivers for people, from mental health and energy security to peace and prosperity. 

This edition addresses the following topics:

• Promoting well-being for young workers
• Advancing human security in a changing geopolitical context 
• Ensuring a green transition for all in Europe

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📅  3 DECEMBER

📍 BRUSSELS, BELGIUM

Silver Rose Awards

The Silver Rose Awards is an opportunity to recognise and celebrate an organisation and individual who have made outstanding contribution to the progressive movement and to advancing a social just and green transition. 

This year, Agnes Jongerius will be presented with the Lifetime Achievement Award and La Via Campesina the Just Transition Award. Register now!

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Participants also discussed the future of the European Union, prepared the ground for accession and analysed the current situation in Serbia, as well as the impact that developments in the country are having on the region. 

Today, the threat to democracy often comes from ruling parties who rewrite constitutions, normalise disinformation and exploit resentment.

In this article, Robert Benson outlines some lessons for progressives to win and govern with purpose. Read more. 

Photo credits: Shutterstock/lev radin

The twenty-point plan, initially proposed by the Trump administration in September and subsequently endorsed at Sharm el-Sheikh, achieved its formal legitimacy through a resolution by the United Nations Security Council. 

Despite securing substantial international support and benefiting from the perceived absence of political alternatives, the plan is critically assessed by international law experts and scholars as insufficient to deliver genuinely just and durable peace. Specifically, it fails to incorporate core Palestinian demands and lacks the fundamental feature of an inclusive political process. Read more. 

Photo credits: Shutterstock/Mirko Kuzmanovic

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