whereas the EU’s role needs to be seen in the context of the contributions made to PSOs by numerous countries and organisations; whereas, for example, the US is the world’s largest financial contributor to UN peacekeeping operations and provides direct support to the AU through its African Peacekeeping Rapid Response Partnership, as well as approximately USD 5 billion in support of UN operations in the Central African Republic, Mali, Côte d’Ivoire, South Sudan and Somalia; whereas these various sources of funding are coordinated by the African Union Partners Group on Peace and Security; whereas China has become an active participant i ...[+++]n UN peacekeeping operations and the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation includes the AU Commission; whereas, after Ethiopia, it is India, Pakistan and Bangladesh that are the largest providers of personnel for UN peacekeeping.

This event made it possible for seven private African French-speaking television channels to offer the same 100% African schedule of programmes, a veritable panorama of African productions, potentially reaching some 100 million viewers in Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Congo Brazzaville, Niger and Senegal.

Does the Prime Minister plan on reinstating funding for African countries, in particular the francophone African countries that have been hard hit by his ideological choices?

Mr. Speaker, the National Assembly of Quebec passed a unanimous motion yesterday in support of francophone Africa, calling for a review of the list of priority countries for CIDA’s bilateral aid, considering the privileged relations Quebec has with francophone Africa and the importance of the Francophonie in Quebec's international policy.

Then there are those countries - and there are more than fifty of them (including the Balkans, French-speaking Africa and the countries that have exchange agreements) - for which the euro is the benchmark currency.

* In Belgium, the French-speaking community amply complies with the Directive's provisions.