Eurafrica
Sign in to saveEurafrica (a portmanteau of "Europe" and "Africa") refers to the originally German idea of strategic partnership between Africa and Europe. In the decades before World War II, German supporters of European integration advocated a merger of African colonies as a first step towards a federal Europe.
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Encyclopedic overview
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- Overview
- After World War II
- Fringe theories
- Role of French Eurafrique in the 1950s and 60s
- After decolonization
- Role in trade agreements and global reach
- Mediterranean Union versus Eastern enlargement
- See also
- Further reading
- References
- External links
Eurafrica (a portmanteau of "Europe" and "Africa") refers to the originally German idea of strategic partnership between Africa and Europe. In the decades before World War II, German supporters of European integration advocated a merger of African colonies as a first step towards a federal Europe.
As a genuine political project, it played a crucial role in the early development of the European Union but was largely forgotten afterwards. In the context of a renewed EU Strategy for Africa, and controversies about a Euromediterranean Partnership, the term has gone through a revival of sorts in recent years.
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