EU Commissioner Defends Africa Partnership as Vital for Europe's Future

Strengthening Africa is an investment in Europe's future: EU Commissioner Jozef Sikela

Are great-power politics back, at the expense of smaller countries? In an age of strongmen, is multilateralism in retreat? Not according to Jozef Sikela. The EU Commissioner in charge of International Partnerships insists that traditional multilateralism is alive and well, especially in the EU's approach to Africa and to the Arctic. We sat down with him for an interview at the European Commission in Brussels.

By Armen GEORGIAN