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00:00 During the official sessions, little space was given to the crises and conflicts underway
00:05 on the continent.
00:06 In any case, they were not on the agenda.
00:09 The Executive Council focused first and foremost on the institutional reform of the African
00:14 Union to restore its credibility and improve the enforcement of its decisions.
00:20 The other priority issue discussed was the permanent seat that the EU has just won at
00:26 the G20. Naledi Pandor, South Africa's Minister of Foreign Affairs, has already represented
00:32 her country on several occasions.
00:35 Those of us who know G20 had to say, just lower the ambitions a little bit. It's a forum
00:41 really for deliberations. Of course, important decisions are made and it's an opportunity
00:47 in particular to interface with the G7 countries, which are the largest economies in the world.
00:56 But we have to temper our ambitions because it's not always possible to discuss everything.
01:04 A great opportunity but the African Union will need to speak with one voice if it is
01:09 to have any hope of influencing international decisions and defending the interests of a
01:14 continent that is currently very divided, particularly when it comes to economic interests.
01:20 The Chairman of the Commission, Moussa Faki, deplored the weakening of the institution's
01:25 pillars referring to the regional economic communities and to ECOWAS, which lost three
01:31 members last month, further reducing the possibility of a continental free trade area.