And future interventions will depend on policy coherence, too.

Countries also reached agreements on other issues, including debt relief, fighting corruption, and policy coherence.

Foremost amongst those priorities is policy coherence between external commitments and internal policies.

Agreements on this issue will provide the policy coherence and stability which give the private sector the confidence to invest properly in developing countries.

The Commission's work programme on policy coherence is a good step in this direction.

That is why the Commission has adopted a new and improved approach to policy coherence for development.

Now and in the future, policy coherence for development must be a high priority at European and international level.

Without policy coherence our investment in these countries will never pay off.

In other words, what is the Commission itself doing to create the conditions for policy coherence?

It is equally important to safeguard policy coherence for development.