The High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, Federica Mogherini, announced on Tuesday 12 November that Defence Ministers wanted to increase the European presence in the Sahel.
“We have decided to increase our presence and improve the level of support we provide to our partners in the Sahel”, she explained at the end of the Defence Council, but said that this had not been discussed in detail. “There was a convergence on the fact that the EU, the Member...