EU Ambassador to Burkina Faso, Philippe BRONCHAIN Philippe BRONCHAIN thanked the WAEMU Commission for the quality and depth of the discussions. He said that the European Union gives priority to the countries of West Africa and the Sahel, and reaffirmed the EU’s commitment to continuing and strengthening its support for WAEMU.

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Published On - September 1, 2026

Seydou Hanne

The meeting took place on 13 February 2026 at the administrative complex of the Commission of the West African Economic and Monetary Union (WAEMU) in Ouaga 2000.

The following also took part in the meeting:

  • Jolita PONS, Head of the West Africa Division at the European External Action Service (EEAS);
  • Pierre-Yves BOISSY, Political Adviser to the EU Special Representative for the Sahel;
  • Pierre-Emmanuel MARANGE, Crisis Response Officer – Sahel, West Africa and Lake Chad;
  • Yolanda SAN JOSE, Team Leader for Governance and Regional Integration at the EU Delegation to Burkina Faso.

Commissioner Filiga Michel SAWADOGO and the European Union delegation discussed cooperation between the two institutions, the economic and security situation, and the challenges of regional integration.

Filiga Michel SAWADOGO praised the quality of the strategic partnership between WAEMU and the EU. He thanked the European Union for its wide-ranging support to the integration process in West Africa, in particular through:

  • the Programme for Agricultural Development in the Sikasso-Korhogo-Bobo-Wasso border areas (SKBOWA);
  • NaturAfrica;
  • the Institutional Capacity Building Support Programme (PARCI);
  • the Support Programme for Competition and Consumer Product Safety in Sub-Saharan Africa (PACoSPro).

He expressed the WAEMU Commission’s wish to strengthen joint action with the European Union as part of the ongoing roll-out of the Commission’s 2025-2030 Strategic Plan, IMPACT 2030.

EU Ambassador to Burkina Faso, Philippe BRONCHAIN

Philippe BRONCHAIN thanked the WAEMU Commission for the quality and depth of the discussions.

He said that the European Union gives priority to the countries of West Africa and the Sahel, and reaffirmed the EU’s commitment to continuing and strengthening its support for WAEMU.