As you know, there is a glaring difference between the st
atus of development policies and other EU policies – you only have to look at the difficult circumstances surrounding the EDF’s financing, or rather lack of financing. It is difficult to imagine achieving greater coherence in the European Union’s policies without the
Development Council playing a more active and interventionist role in relation to political decisions, which clearly come under the development banner and which are being dealt with in other Councils, in other decis
...[+++]ion-making forums, ranging from the Agriculture and Fisheries Councils to the Environment Council. Up to now, the Development Council has not had any opportunity to make its voice heard or to intervene in relation to these decisions.