This focus is consistent with the primary EU development policy goal of eradicating poverty, as laid out in the Lisbon Treaty and reflected in the Commission's recent Green Paper on “EU Development Policy in Support of Inclusive Growth and Sustainable Development”.
See eesmärk on sätestatud Lissaboni lepingus ja kajastatud komisjoni hiljutises rohelises raamatus „Kaasavat majanduskasvu ja säästvat arengut toetav ELi arengupoliitika”.