Question 14741 — foreign policy

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Ms Anna Pic draws the attention of the Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs to the significant drop in development funding on an international scale, as well as to the resulting consequences for sub-Saharan African countries. Indeed, in recent years, the investments necessary to guarantee global sustainable security have declined drastically despite increasing exposure of civilian populations to armed conflicts. The figures bear this out: in 2025, global official development assistance (ODA) fell by 23% and that intended for least developed countries (LDCs) by 26%. Sub-Saharan African countries, among the most affected, have also recorded a 24% drop in international funding intended for them. However, the humanitarian and geopolitical consequences of this disengagement are all the more worrying given that sub-Saharan Africa represents a major strategic partner for Europe. Driven by a young workforce and rapidly expanding markets, the region offers considerable opportunities for mutually beneficial partnership. In this context of withdrawal of aid, other international actors such as China and Russia then take advantage of it to increase their presence on the continent, modifying in a sustainable manner the established geopolitical balances. As the Foreign Affairs Council in development training approaches on May 18, 2026, in which the Minister will participate, these developments question the orientations that France intends to defend at the European level. She therefore asks him, on the one hand, if France intends to work with its European partners to guarantee that the “Global Europe” instrument is not the subject of disproportionate cuts within the framework of the next negotiations of the multiannual financial framework of the European Union and, on the other hand, if the Government intends to support the introduction, in this same financial framework, of a floor budget amount dedicated to sub-Saharan Africa in order to guarantee the predictability and stability of the partnership between Africa and Europe.

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