This week, an article on the Lisbon Treaty, written by Alia Papageorgiou, was published in NewEurope. In this article Mirjam van Reisen (director of EEPA) was quoted, saying that the Lisbon Treaty ‘strenghtens the objective of development co-operation, confirming "poverty eradication" as the principle aim of the EU's development co-operation. The administration of the EU executive, the European Commission, needs to be systematically reminded that this policy definition underpins development co-operation and all other policies to developing countries to ensure coherence in policies. This should also now apply to Member States.'