Never mind that the Commission' s requirement to produce an annual report, set out clearly in the Council resolution, has produced only one "non-paper" , the real problem here is that at the time of rising world poverty this particular horse is climbing uphill and the cart of other EU policies is so heavy that development policy is actually being pulled slowly backwards.
Skidt med, at Kommissionens pligt til at udarbejde en årlig rapport, der klart fremgår af Rådets resolution, kun har resulteret i et non-paper. Det virkelige problem er, at man i en tid med stigende fattigdom i verden ser hesten gå op ad bakke, mens vognen med de øvrige EU-politikker er så tung, at udviklingspolitikken langsomt trækkes bagud.