The first Summit conference ever between the European union and South Africa, took place in Bordeaux (France), July 25th 2008.
The EU president, Nicolas Sarkozy, and José Manuel Barroso, President of the European Commission, were welcomes by Bordeaux’s mayor, Alain Juppé.
The talks concerned the strategic partnership between the two parties, in particular in the fields of peace and security, science and technology, transports and education.