The EU is mulling the use of a special budget, designed to deliver military aid, to support Libya's coast guard.
The idea was proposed in an internal document by the EU's foreign policy branch, the EEAS.
"The EU should engage more not only politically but also within the overall capacity-building initiatives," states the document, dated February this year, and seen by EUobserver.
The document was signed off by the commander of Operation Irini. Irini is the EU's naval mission...
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Nikolaj joined EUobserver in 2012 and covers home affairs. He is originally from Denmark, but spent much of his life in France and in Belgium. He was awarded the King Baudouin Foundation grant for investigative journalism in 2010.