Question 17650 — foreign policy

Summary

Mrs Fatiha Keloua Hachi draws the attention of the Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs to the trajectory of official development assistance (ODA). The programming law of August 4, 2021 relating to inclusive development and the fight against global inequalities specifies in its article 2 that France “will strive to reach 0.7% of gross national income in 2025” for its development aid. This provision was intended to finally enshrine in law the initial promise of 0.7% made before the UN more than 50 years ago and which France has never honored. However, after recent announcements of budget cuts, France seems to be drawing a line under this objective. In fact, Decree No. 2024-124 of February 21, 2024 cancels credits amounting to more than 742 million euros for aid this year. More recently, after the publication by the OECD of ODA figures, we even observed an 11% drop in French ODA between 2022 and 2023, thus dropping ODA to 0.5% of GNI and no longer even respecting the 2017 presidential promise of 0.55%. These decisions come as crises multiply and humanitarian needs explode. For example, in the Sahel, 25% of the population needs humanitarian aid while some countries in the region are very dependent international aid like Niger (64% of its budget). Ultimately, cuts and suspensions are also synonymous with increased instability across the world. In this context, France's decision to reduce the credits allocated to public development assistance, after years of progress, appears inconsistent in the face of its commitments and the global challenges we are facing. She then wonders how France take into account an upward trajectory of public development assistance as indicated in the 2021 programming law.

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