Press Release: HR/VP Catherine Ashton sets up Task Force for the Southern Mediterranean

Catherine Ashton, EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Commission Vice President, has established a new Task Force for the Southern Mediterranean. The Task Force will bring together expertise from the European External Action Service, the European Commission, the European Investment Bank, the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development and other international financial institutions to act as a focal point for assistance to countries in North Africa which are going through political transformation.