21/06/2011 (Agence Europe) - Conflict prevention an EU priority. Conflict prevention is a “primary objective” of the EU's external action, “in which it could take a leading role”, state foreign ministers in conclusions adopted in Luxembourg on Monday 20 June. The EU Programme for the Prevention of Violent Conflicts - the Gothenburg Programme, adopted 10 years ago - remains “a valid policy basis” for future EU action, member states say. Ministers call, however, for “early...