About: Annick Girardin

France urges implementation of post-Brexit fishing deal
The French government called Friday (23 April) for a quick implementation of a post-Brexit accord on mutual access to fishing waters, after French fishermen blocked trucks trying to bring in catches from Britain overnight.
Regions push for greater influence in climate negotiations
SPECIAL REPORT / Local authorities are raising the pressure on national governments to increase their CO2 emissions reduction targets. But they are struggling to make their voice heard at the international climate negotiations. EURACTIV France reports.
African nations and donors agree on plan to protect Congo forests
Six African nations have agreed with donors on a plan to protect the tropical forests of the Congo basin, the second biggest in the world, after the Amazon's, to help ease poverty and combat climate change.
French development aid reform to generate ‘substantial’ new funds
France hopes to boost funding for development and climate action by linking the French Development Agency with the country's public financing body. EURACTIV France reports.
Tax evasion to dominate Addis Ababa development conference
Stopping tax evasion in the Global South is a crucial step in raising development finance, but the issue has divided the international community. EURACTIV France reports.
France helps Fiji with COP 21 contribution
The world’s poorest countries will have access to financial aid from several donors, including France, to help them implement projects to cut their greenhouse gas emissions. The EU is encouraging other member states to participate, ahead of the Paris Climate Conference in December 2015. EURACTIV France reports.
France pushes for security spending to be recognised as development aid
France spent millions resolving conflicts in Mali and the Central African Republic in 2014. Now Paris is lobbying the OECD to include spending on security and peacekeeping operations in calculations of official development assistance. EURACTIV France reports.![[DFID - UK Department for International Development]](https://www.euractiv.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2014/12/development_aid_french_rwanda_creditdfid_-_uk_department_for_international_development.jpeg)
Majority of French feel ill-informed about development aid
According to a study published by the French Development Agency (AFD), 88% of French citizens feel ill-informed about public development aid. Though most of those questioned supported development policy, opposition is growing. EURACTIV France reports.![[European Commission DG ECHO/Flickr]](https://www.euractiv.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2014/10/mali_aid_crediteuropean_commission_dg_echo.jpeg)
French agencies score poorly in Aid Transparency Index
In another blow for French development aid policy, Publish What You Fund has placed France near the bottom of its 2014 international rankings for aid transparency. EURACTIV France reports.![CREDIT[dany13/Flickr]](https://www.euractiv.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/03/polynesia_climate_sea_level_creditdany13_flickr.jpeg)
Annick Girardin: ‘Climate refugees’ should come first
Climate change is not just about the environment. It is also about people. France's Minister for Development, in conversation with EURACTIV France, following this week's UN Climate Summit in New York.
EU launches first-ever development fund for CAR
The European Commission has announced a fund to link relief, rehabilitation and development in the Central African Republic, an initiative which will be financed by France, Germany, the Netherlands and private donors. EURACTIV France reports.
Another setback for French foreign aid
France decreased public development aid for the second time in 2014. A law on development adopted on 23 June has not helped, and the future of French foreign aid looks bleak. EURACTIV France reports.
French overseas aid reshuffled after budget cuts
The new French legislation on development aid policy aims to create a unique structure to oversee the country's international technical expertise. Budget cuts mean government will shift emphasis to “coherence and efficiency,” EURACTIV France reports.