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The '''4th [[European Union]]–[[African Union]] Summit''' took place in [[Brussels]] on 2 and 3 April 2014.<ref name="European Council">{{cite web |url=https://www.consilium.europa.eu/en/meetings/international-summit/2014/04/02-03/#:~:text=The%204th%20EU%2DAfrica%20Summit%20took%20place%20in%20Brussels%20on,)%20and%20Tripoli%20(2010). |title=EU- Africa summit, Brussels, 2-3 April 2014 |date=n.d. |publisher=[[Council of the EU]] and [[European Council]] |access-date=11 May 2023}}</ref> The summit followed previous summits in 2000, 2007 and 2010 all of which embodied increasingly institutionalized relations between EU and AU.<ref name="Rein">{{cite journal | title = The Prospects for the Future of European Union–African Union Relations in Uncertain Times | first = Conrad | last = Rein | journal = [[European Review]] | volume = 25 |issue=4 | pages = 550–559 | year = 2017 | doi = 10.1017/S1062798717000217 | s2cid = 149018342 }}</ref> More than 60 EU and African leaders and 90 delegations participated in the event at which issues of [[democracy]], [[human rights]], [[rule of law]] and [[International development|development]] were discussed.<ref name="European Council"/> The theme of the event was "Investing in People, Prosperity and Peace".<ref name="IISD">{{cite web |url=https://sdg.iisd.org/events/fourth-eu-africa-summit/ |title=Fourth EU-Africa Summit |date=n.d. |publisher=SDG Knowledge Hub |access-date=11 May 2023}}</ref> Disputes between participants over who should and should not be invited marked the summit's organization stage.<ref name="NewAfrican">{{cite web |url=https://newafricanmagazine.com/4369/ |title=EU-Africa Summit 2014: Of protocol, platitudes and promises… |date=8 May 2014 |publisher=[[New African]] |access-date=11 May 2023}}</ref>

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==See also==
* [[2007 Africa–EU Summit]]
* [[Foreign relations of the European Union]]

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