On Wednesday 2 November, Malta's Foreign Minister George Vella announced that the Maltese Presidency of the EU Council (first half of 2017) will place particular emphasis on the Mediterranean within the field of foreign affairs.
As far as possible, we aim to draw the EU's attention to the problems of the Mediterranean, he told a press conference in Malta, alongside High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Federica Mogherini. Vella described the situation in the countries...