L’évolution du partenariat UE-ACP de Lomé à Cotonou : de l’exception a la normalisation

. Catherine HAGUENAU et Thierry MONTALIEU The Cotonou agreement is a turning point in the relations between E.U. and ACP countries. This partnership tended to support development by using the classical means of financial assistance but also with commercial tools. The debate on EU?'s financial cooperation scheme takes place in a context of international reflexion about the conditionality of official development assistance, in its contents and proceedings. The EU could loose its originality and become a simple actor of a new consensus managed by the international institutions.