A few days before the first round of the presidential election in Côte d'Ivoire, the European Union “deplores the serious violence of recent days and expresses its concern at the lack of consensus surrounding the electoral process”, stressed the High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, Josep Borrell, on Friday 23 October.
“The EU once again calls on the political actors to speed up dialogue on points of disagreement and urges the various political...