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EU crisis management commissioner Hadja Lahbib hosted an event in Davos on Thursday aimed at building new alliances with the private sector. But total sums are falling, and the real figures are lower still, since billions of euros in support for Ukraine count towards 'Official Development Assistance' (Photo: European Commission)

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Plummeting EU development aid risks being compounded by a lack of ambition

Most delegates in Davos this week were focused on whether US president Donald Trump would double down on or scale back his military threats against Greenland. So it was little surprise that few commented on the EU’s commitment, announced on the fringes of the World Economic Forum on Wednesday, to budget for 

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Benjamin Fox is a seasoned reporter and editor, previously working for fellow Brussels publication Euractiv. His reporting has also been published in the Guardian, the East African, Euractiv, Private Eye and Africa Confidential, among others. He heads up the AU-EU section at EUobserver, based in Nairobi, Kenya.

EU crisis management commissioner Hadja Lahbib hosted an event in Davos on Thursday aimed at building new alliances with the private sector. But total sums are falling, and the real figures are lower still, since billions of euros in support for Ukraine count towards 'Official Development Assistance' (Photo: European Commission)

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Author Bio

Benjamin Fox is a seasoned reporter and editor, previously working for fellow Brussels publication Euractiv. His reporting has also been published in the Guardian, the East African, Euractiv, Private Eye and Africa Confidential, among others. He heads up the AU-EU section at EUobserver, based in Nairobi, Kenya.

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