SECTORAL POLICIES / Weapons

Commission proposes more integrated approach to European policy on trafficking in illegal weapons

Brussels, 15/06/2018 (Agence Europe)

On Wednesday 13 June, the High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, Federica Mogherini, proposed a more integrated approach to direct the EU's strategy to tackle the proliferation of small arms and light weapons (SALW).

The aim is to retouch the European strategy on the subject, which was adopted in 2005, to bring it into line with the context of "global terrorism".

The text presented targets both civilian and military weaponry as “the legal...