Weakened and in crisis, Mali’s government was overthrown in a military coup in January 2012. The following year, Paris stepped in to bolster the Bamako-based regime, deploying troops to Mali under Operation Serval. ..…

He took the view that legislating the Government’s Paris target of 26% as part of the NEG was a step too far and would ‘relinquish our sovereignty to the UN’ or words to that effect.  ... It is disingenuous of the Government to shove Paris onto the backburner and..…