There are only few weeks left until the mandate of the EU's naval mission in the Mediterranean, EUNAVFOR Med [Operation Sophia], will expire on 31 March.
Nevertheless, Germany already decided in January to stop contributing vessels to the mission: its frigate Augsburg left in February.
As well as structural problems (the German navy currently lacks functioning vessels), the German minister of defence delivered another, quite extraord...
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Already a member? Login hereTobias Pietz is deputy head of the analysis division of Berlin-based Center for International Peace Operations.
Tobias Pietz is deputy head of the analysis division of Berlin-based Center for International Peace Operations.