"The standard of governance in Mozambique is low," warned Tomas Tobe, chair of the European Parliament Development Committee, at a meeting this afternoon (3 Dec) of the European Parliament's development and foreign affairs committees with the European External Action Service (EEAS, the foreign ministry) and the European Commission to discuss "the situation in Mozambique." Tobe specifically cites the $2 bn secret debt scandal.
There was strong opposition to prioritising military and security issues. It is wrong to "privilege security", the EEAS's new managing director for Africa, Rita Laranjeira told the meeting. It is necessary to "confront the crisis and its root causes." She stressed the need to create jobs. Tobe stresed "development and security are tightly linked together."
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