When I was reading the article in Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung about EU point of view on the fight with pirates, I thought that I was probably already tired and I misunderstood something. Today I read in the Mirror about a new case of the abduction of a ship with the crew near the coast of Somalia, among the crew were the Germans as well and suddenly I read about the supposedly successful mission of the EU in the fight against pirates. It sounds, in my opinion, fairly cynical.
Apparently it depends on the fact that EU mandate expires soon, and the extension of the presence of the EU army is necessary, the EU MPs want to convey the electorate possibly pain-free (for MPs). Not that I am very concerned about the taxpayers’ money, but is it really sensible to try to solve the problem in this way? How long should we, according to the MPs wait until these pirates give up their machinations? Whether they really will do that without having an alternative way of survival? I doubt it.
I believe that this problem can be solved if the cause of the problem tackled, not just the consequences.