EU-Mediterranean leaders reach compromise on terrorism

At the eleventh hour, leaders of the EU member states and their ten Mediterranean partners in the Euromed group on Monday (28 November) agreed on a code of conduct to counter terrorism, leaving out controversial key definitions for all parties.

Against the clock and with a prospect of walking away empty-handed from the two-day Barcelona summit, the diplomats indulged in feverish negotiations which lead to a compromise deal that the Arab states, the EU and Israel could back.

The EU...