Finally, good news on the international horizon. After two years of debates, halts and restarts, vetoes, and hard negotiations, the new Post-Cotonou Agreement has officially been signed in Samoa today between the EU and the African, Caribbean and Pacific countries (ACP). This new multilateral instrument will constitute the new legal framework for the European Union’s relations with 47 countries in Africa, 16 in the Caribbean, and 15 in the Pacific, as well as the Republic of Maldives.