Tanzania, June 20 -- Dar es Salaam. The government has moved to reassure the public and development partners following a European Parliament resolution that objected to the European Commission's proposed €156 million (about Sh470 billion) cooperation programme for Tanzania in 2026, insisting that the vote neither suspends funding nor represents a final decision by the European Union.

In a statement issued on June 19, 2026, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, through the Government Communications Unit, said several media reports and social media discussions had misrepresented the significance of the vote adopted by Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) a day earlier.

"The vote taken in the European Parliament is not the final deci...