04/06/2018 (Agence Europe) – On Monday 4 June, the Council of Ministers of the EU adopted a decision without debate giving the European Commission a mandate to negotiate a new protocol to the fisheries agreement between the EU and Cape Verde (see EUROPE 12022 and 11385). The existing EU-Cape Verde agreement was concluded on 30 December 2006. The current four-year protocol came into effect on 23 December 2014 and will expire on 22 December 2018. The agreement with Cape Verde provides...