The European Union is currently working on a possible expansion to the tasks of Operation Atalanta, which combats piracy off the Somali coast. On 17 October, the Ambassadors of the Political and Security Committee therefore submitted a request to the Politico-Military Group to provide recommendations on the scope and methods of the two new secondary executive tasks of combating drug and arms trafficking with a view to including them in the operational mandate.
According to a document...