‘Europe goes to war’

Published on 17 January 2013 at 09:44

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EU countries will send troops to Mali, following a meeting today of the foreign ministers of the 27 EU member states where they are expected to support the French intervention in the country, the daily reports. Poland will ultimately send a dozen or so instructors as part of the EU mission aimed at training the Malian army to fight Islamic terrorists that are destabilising the situation in the country’s north.

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