Friday, April 11, 2008

EU global poverty goal threatened


The EU faces a "serious problem" in achieving its goal of eliminating extreme poverty in developing nations, its most senior figure has said.

European Commission president Jose Manuel Barroso said that signs that countries were reducing foreign aid budgets was"worrying and dangerous".

The EU is by far the world's largest aid donor organisation, giving 46bn euros (£36bn) worth of aid last year.

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