Twelve days before the end of Operation Sophia. And still nothing...
(B2) The future of the naval military operation Sophia, led in the Mediterranean by the EU, is becoming more and more dotted.
Questioned by an Italian colleague at the end of the meeting of EU foreign ministers, Federica Mogherini, the head of European diplomacy, did not hide that nothing had progressed.
« It's no mystery. I said it publicly. In the absence of an agreement, the operation will have to be closed. I still hope that an agreement can be found, but I don't see any particular movement in this direction. [...] S'there is no positive development before the end of March, the operation will end its activities, with all the consequences that this will bring, unfortunately... »
An Italian-Italian problem
We can specify that no discussion on the subject has really taken place at European level, in particular between the 28 ambassadors of the PSC, the Political and Security Committee, the usual forum for discussion of the common security and defense policy (CSDP). " This is mostly an Italo-Italian question says a well-informed diplomat.
(Nicolas Gros-Verheyde, with Leonor Hubaut)
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