Thursday, March 23, 2006

German green light to Congo mission still disputed

A coalition of German opposition politicians is still trying for a last minute block of a possible German-led EU military mission to Congo to oversee the country's elections in May.

Inside both the centre-right and social democrat parties in the government coalition there are individual MPs opposed to the mission.

German chancellor Angela Merkel in January committed the country to sending EU soldiers to Congo in meetings with French president Jacques Chirac.

Some ten EU countries are expected to take part in the Congo mission. Spain and Portugal would each send 100 soldiers, Sweden and Belgium up to 50 each, according to media reports.

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