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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 12961

31 May 2022
Contents Publication in full By article 15 / 27
SECURITY - DEFENCE / Csdp
EEAS says that CSDP military missions to Niger and Burkina Faso should be considered
Brussels, 30/05/2022 (Agence Europe)

The European External Action Service (EEAS) recommends, in a document dated 25 May and copied to EUROPE, to consider CSDP military missions in Niger and Burkina Faso and CSDP action in the Gulf of Guinea.

In its strategic review of the EUTM Mali and EUCAP Sahel Mali missions in 2022, the EEAS takes stock of the “political and security situation in Mali (which) continues to deteriorate” and the consequences for the missions.

It states that the Member States’ ambassadors to the EU...

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ENVIRONMENT: persistent organic pollutants, EU Council prepared to make minimum concessions to Parliament
FISHERIES: European Fisheries Control Agency contributes to project to support inspections in Mediterranean
SECURITY - DEFENCE
CSDP: EEAS says that CSDP military missions to Niger and Burkina Faso should be considered
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