That the federal government wants to sell the Heiligendamm Summit as a great success does not take a miracle. As for the decisions to Africa, but he was a great disappointment. After all the hype that has in advance and held parallel to the subject, one might have expected more than the vague affirmation of the promise of Gleneagles and the nebulous announcement, at an unspecified time up to 60 billion dollars for the fight against HIV / Output AIDS, malaria and tuberculosis do. Many NGOs - and this time, unlike in Gleneagles, the rock stars - are now terrified. But The summit of Heiligendamm in terms of Africa and development assistance, only the old tradition of writing vague statements of intent, which has always been a hallmark of the G8.
While some of the media, the official song of the success of the summit singing along, the more serious of them refer to the damage that the G8 now using its Africa policy. While they are in their Africa declaration as detailed as ever before good governance, good governance, preach, they shave themselves not in the least to keep to their commitments once made. To the summit of hypocrisy and double standards this year became the so-called Africa Outreach (see photo) ie the invitation of some African leaders at the side table. In this context, the G8 welcomed this time also the new Nigerian President Umara Yar'Adua. Who was coming in through an electoral fraud to power, as the EU observers noted unanimous. After publication of his inauguration, no Western head of state, he could now occur in Heiligendamm as a representative of the "new Africa". In the print edition of the Financial Times yesterday hailed two large corporations this breakthrough: "Nigeria's new president arrives. G8 Summit: Ready for Business ". Business is always so good against good governance.
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