European Union, Mali, Spain
Closing of EU Training Mission a political problem for Spain

Spanish PM Pedro Sanchez in Vienna, Austria, 16 February 2023.
Spanish PM Pedro Sanchez in Vienna, Austria, 16 February 2023. © Christian Bruna/EPA/MaxPPP
Reduced to 300 soldiers last autumn, the EU training mission remains present in Bamako, though all operations have ceased and the relationship between Mali and the EU has become spectacularly rocky. Madrid is firmly lobbying to maintain the mission. [...]
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