10/02/2025 (Agence Europe) – A delegation of six MEPs highlighted the “valuable” contribution of the EU’s CSDP missions, with the EUPOL COPPS EU Police Mission for the Palestinian Territories, which “remains one of the few international partners providing direct support to the Palestinian Authority (PA)”, and EUBAM Rafah, redeployed to the Rafah crossing point (see EUROPE 13575/11). “[The EU] must not only support all phases of the ceasefire towards achieving a lasting peace [but also] actively shape this process. The two CSDP Missions, EUPOL COPPS and EUBAM Rafah, are a small but strategic and concrete contribution which deserve reinforcement by EU Member States to play the needed role”, said the chair of the delegation, Marie-Agnes Strack-Zimmermann (Renew Europe, German), who visited the Middle East from 5 to 8 February. (CG)