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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Saku, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Ali Rasso",
    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Dido Ali Raso",
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    "content": "There are issues that the ACP considers in terms of the relationship between regions. On the parliamentary side, the EU in post Cotonou is trying to move to the regionalisation where they want to directly engage with Africa, Caribbean and the Pacific as regions whereas the ACP considers unity in strength or solidarity where they want to negotiate with ACP as ACP as opposed to dividing ACP into different regions. In parliamentary dimension, what has been observed over the years is the tendency for the European Council of the ACP Council of Ministers and the executive tending to deal directly with each other. For that reason, parliamentarians are advising on strengthening of parliaments, so that they can play oversight just like in the member states’ parliaments where they oversee the Executive. Secondly, there are issues of concern because the ACP’s main agenda is trade, aid and political cooperation. Those are the three well-defined pillars of engagement with the EU, but over the years, what happens is negotiation with unequals. The European Union, through what I The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposes only. Acertified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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