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EU-Africa partnership and Global Gateway funding push

Von der Leyen stated the EU championed the African Union's permanent G20 membership and is mobilising €150 billion through Global Gateway for Africa, alongside AU-UN cooperation on peace, security, sustainable development and food security, saying the EU is ready to take the partnership further.

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  1. Ursula von der Leyen
    Von der Leyen

    European Union

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    “Now we are ready to take this partnership further.”

    Von der Leyen highlights that the EU is Africa’s leading trade and investment partner and pledges to take the partnership further with Africa.

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    Africa’s global leadership is growing. And Europe stands firmly behind it. We championed the @_AfricanUnion’s permanent membership of the G20 and support a stronger African voice on the global stage. The EU is Africa’s leading trade and investment partner. Through Global Gateway, we are mobilising €150 billion for projects that create local value, local jobs and opportunities for Africa’s greatest strength: its young people. Together with the AU and the UN, we are also advancing African-led solutions for peace and security, sustainable development and food security. Now we are ready to take this partnership further.

    On the EU-Africa partnership

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  2. Ursula von der Leyen
    Von der Leyen

    European Union

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    “And in 2027, we will have no more Russian gas at all in the European Union.”

    Von der Leyen pledges to have no more Russian gas at all by 2027 and states that renewables and nuclear provide independence and energy security.

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    President Erdoğan, Prime Minister Albanese, It is good to be back in the United Nations to discuss climate and energy policy. I think this summer was a summer of truth. The recent summer months have been, as we heard from the scientists, the hottest on record, but maybe the coolest for the years to come. Europe is warming at double the global rate, even though we account for only 6% of global emissions. Energy security is a crucial topic for Europe. And let me tell you our story. We felt the pain of energy dependence for the first time when in 2022 Russia cut us off the gas. We had an energy dependence for gas – 45% from Russia. From one day to the next, we were cut off. We fought back. Our supplies are now more diversified. And in 2027, we will have no more Russian gas at all in the European Union. What we did: we invested massively in our homegrown clean energies, that is renewables...

    On eliminating Russian gas supplies to the European Union.

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