Joint statement from African and European Civil Society and Youth to the Foreign Ministers of the AU and EU gathered in Brussels on 21 May 2025

These joint messages and recommendations, addressed to the foreign ministers representing the Member States of the African Union and the European Union, were elaborated in a bottom-up process with African and European civil society and youth organisations in the weeks leading up to the Ministerial meeting taking place in Brussels on 21 May 2025. The Interim Steering Committee of the Africa-Europe Civil Society Platform (CSEP) has overseen the consultation and drafting process via its six thematic working groups and building upon the Brief statement from African and European civil society and youth organisations on key issues in the AU-EU Partnership published in March 2024.

The positions outlined have been submitted to the leaders to operationalise in their delivery of the commitments outlined in the AU-EU Partnership’s Joint Vision 2030.

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