 We're delighted to be joined by Ambassador Lozada. He is the EU's special representative to the Sahel region and a former Spanish ambassador. You're very welcome, Ambassador. Thank you. I might start by asking you what steps you think the EU needs to take to become a more effective global actor. Is it a case of having more effective institutions or better political leadership? I think that the EU is already a global actor. The thing is that now we are facing a complicated situation in the world in which, of course, we must adapt our institutions. We must adapt our leadership. We must also adapt to this new situation that we have in front of us. But the EU is opening the delegations all over the world. We have the EAS, which is the external action, like the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the EU. We are now going to have soon a new high representative. And we are very clear which are also the ideas and how we must promote the EU as a global actor in the world. And I think with this process, I think that really the EU is committed now all around the world, is committed with the principles, our principles of democracy, our principles of freedom, of course, and our principles also of helping and contributing to the development of the poorest countries in the world. The EU is the main donor, practically, for instance, in Africa. Of course, sometimes some may say that there is a lack of visibility of the EU because maybe we don't blow too much our own trumpet, maybe that's the reason. But on the other hand, I think that now with these new leadership, which has started also with Federica Mogherini, Federica Mogherini gave a big impulse, for instance, to Africa, and it's going to be the same with the high representative, Minister Borrell. The EU has become, I think, and will be a stronger actor in the world. That's for, with no doubt, for that. Thank you. And turning then to EU-Africa relations, which is obviously your area of expertise, these have received a particular focus in the EU's new strategic agenda? Of course, the EU, as you know, established specifically for the Sahel, which is an area of instability, an important area of instability, and I always say this sentence, that the security in the Sahel is closely linked to the security in Europe. This is fundamental to understand. This is made also by the demographic growth that there is, and by instance, security. But the EU was the first to establish a strategy for the Sahel in 2011, before even the events in Mali. And this strategy, which has been developed into an action plan, which is now under development, an action plan, this strategy was, in a way, almost revolutionary, and it was based on two principles, security and development. You cannot have security without development, without security. And on top of that, the EU is also what we call the global approach. I mean, you must, any events in the world must be under this global approach, not only security, not only development, but also political question, humanitarian question, all the different steps in all the different parts of the conflict. And with this political approach of the EU, I think we are able to face the big problems that now are facing, are living, are taking place in Africa. But mustn't forget this strategic approach. Today there are, I think, in the world more than 17 strategies. But the EU was the first one to establish one in this context. And turning a little bit to the challenges you mentioned facing the region. Are there any particular challenges you'd like to highlight in terms of surveillance and development? Of course. And with the idea of this global approach that I say we have, unfortunately in the region, I always say that there is, it's a polygon of crisis. You find in the region all the crisis you can imagine. There's a first crisis of governance. Corruption, of course, that is a problem. The second one is security. And that's where today we have seen, unfortunately, a situation which is deteriorating very quickly in the Sahel, probably, but with a prevention to go far from the, beyond the Sahel to the southern part of Africa to the Gulf of Guinea, in which countries stabilize the whole region. And this insecurity is new because it's not only a security base on a Jihadist attack which has taken place when it's in Mali. It's also now taking advantage of all confrontations, traditional confrontations between clashes which were ancestral between forests and the headers and agricultures and farmers, taking advantage of that to create chaos and to create a situation of instability. And that's one of the main object. But there are many other problems that we find, problem of demography, as I said. Countries like Niger, for instance, can duplicate their population in 18 years or more or less. There's a problem of poverty. The income per person in a country like Niger is $400 per person. Where I heard that in Ireland is around more than 70,000. You see the difference which is absolutely enormous. Then there is an imbalance. And we can go to another one which I think is very important that if you combine it with the problem of demography or progression is the one on climate change. Climate change is also a very strong impact. Why climate change makes less land to be till with more demography than more confrontation between all the different groups. And the EU in its strategy, in its actions, take one by one all these problems. And there is one also I think that you're interested in as migration, which is a consequence of all this problem. Then seeing that as a context, yes, it's a place where the EU has really a special role to play because our strategy, our way of thinking, the means that we have, and when I say the EU is not only the EU, it's the EU and its member states. And for instance, Ireland, I know, is now taking really good consideration Africa and the Sahel and I'm really congratulating them for what they are doing and their analysis of the situation which is very accurate. Thank you very much, Ambassador, for joining us today. It was a pleasure to hear your ideas on the future of Europe and we look forward to welcoming you back. Thank you, it was a real pleasure to be with you.