ABSTRACT
In the previous chapter we examined the origins of EC-African diplomacy. We argued that the association regime was characterized by neo-imperial paternalism. In this chapter we shall consider the emergence of Lomé in the 1970s and its key institutional features. The core of our argument in this chapter is that Lomé marked a qualitative change in the dominant idiom of EC-African diplomacy, although in real terms, it has not effected any structural changes in the economic condition of African states.
