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Germany's frigate, the Schleswig-Holstein, on active duty on Operation Sophia. The mission comes to an end at the end of this month (Photo: EEAS)

Sophia in limbo: political games limit sea rescues

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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Tobias Pietz is deputy head of the analysis division of Berlin-based Center for International Peace Operations.

Germany's frigate, the Schleswig-Holstein, on active duty on Operation Sophia. The mission comes to an end at the end of this month (Photo: EEAS)

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Tobias Pietz is deputy head of the analysis division of Berlin-based Center for International Peace Operations.

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