The spokesman for the European External Action Service (EEAS) stressed on Friday 3 January the EU’s deep concern about the decision taken by the Turkish Grand National Assembly the day before to authorise military deployments to Libya.
By 325 votes to 184, parliamentarians adopted a motion giving the Turkish army a one-year mandate to intervene in Libya. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has not yet specified the nature of the intervention – sending troops or only military...