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EU commissioner for international partnerships, Jutta Urpilainen, at the event. Some 3.4 billion people (nearly half of the world's population) live on less than €5.20 a day (Photo: EC - Audiovisual Service)

Global North-South inequality — can the EU do anything?

Global inequality is growing, and the future of the world will depend largely on relations between North and South, said MEP Udo Bullmann (S&D) at a high-level panel in the European Parliament on Tuesday (10 October).

"Half of the global wealth is concentrated in the hands of a small coup of the richest, while 3.8 billion people live in absolute poverty," Bullmann stressed. "It i...

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EU commissioner for international partnerships, Jutta Urpilainen, at the event. Some 3.4 billion people (nearly half of the world's population) live on less than €5.20 a day (Photo: EC - Audiovisual Service)

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