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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 11144

31 August 2014
MAIN RESULTS OF THE SPECIAL SITTING OF THE EUROPEAN COUNCIL
(BRUSSELS, 30 AUGUST 2014) /
(ae) ebola
Council wants coordinated response to Ebola outbreak

Brussels, 31/08/2014 (Agence Europe) - In Brussels on Saturday 30 August, EU heads of state expressed “concern about the crisis caused by the Ebola virus in Africa” and stressed “the importance of the international community as a whole providing substantial coordinated support to the countries of the region (…) to help them tackle the disease as swiftly and efficiently as possible” (see EUROPE 11143).

Alarmed at the scale of the outbreak and the high loss of life (more than 1,500...