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Tonga and the EU
The Kingdom of Tonga is an archipelago of 176 islands – 52 of which are inhabited by 104,000 people.
In 2006, Tonga embarked on a programme of legislative reforms towards becoming a fully functioning constitutional monarchy.
Overview of the human rights and democracy situation in Tonga.
At a time when human rights are challenged on a daily basis with many attempts to undermine the universality and indivisibility of human rights, the EU has remained at the forefront of the protection and promotion of human rights and democracy, be it in international forums, bilaterally with governments or through concrete support to the civil society.
In the context of the ongoing negotiations to modernize relations between the EU and 79 countries in Africa, the Caribbean and the Pacific (ACP), chief negotiators met with Pacific leaders today.
Find out how to vote in the European elections if you live outside your home country.
The candidacy of Ms Catherine Geslain-Lanéelle for the post of Director General of the Food and Agriculture Organisation, was submitted in Rome on Monday 17 December 2018. The next Director General will be elected by the 194 Member States of the Organisation during its 41st Conference in June 2019. Ms Geslain-Lanéelle from France was identified as the EU candidate by the Council of the European Union on 15 October 2018.
