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Date: 2025-12-03 Category: Not Applicable State: Union Government Country: Europe

Political and Security Committee Decision (CFSP) 2025/2451 of 18 November 2025 on the reconfirmation of the authorisation of the European Union military operation in the Mediterranean (EUNAVFOR MED IRINI) (EUNAVFOR MED IRINI/5/2025)

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**Executive Summary** This is the Political and Security Committee Decision (CFSP) 2025/2451, issued on November 18, 2025. It concerns the reconfirmation and prolongation of the authorisation of the European Union military operation in the Mediterranean (EUNAVFOR MED IRINI). The operation is extended from December 1, 2025, to March 31, 2026. **Key Points / Main Content** * **Decision Purpose:** Reconfirmation and prolongation of EUNAVFOR MED IRINI. * **Operation Extension:** The authorisation of EUNAVFOR MED IRINI is reconfirmed and prolonged. * **Dates:** * The operation is prolonged from December 1, 2025. * The operation is prolonged until March 31, 2026. * **Legal Basis:** * Treaty on European Union, Article 38. * Council Decision (CFSP) 2020/472 of March 31, 2020, Article 8(3). **Impact Analysis** **EUNAVFOR MED IRINI** * **Impact:** Continued operation in the Mediterranean. * **Action Required:** Continue the mission according to the extended authorisation. **Political and Security Committee** * **Impact:** Responsible for overseeing the operation. * **Action Required:** Monitor the operation, based on pull factor reports, and make decisions regarding continuation every four months.

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EUNAVFOR MED IRINI: European Union military operation in the Mediterranean Political and Security Committee: Responsible for reconfirming the authorization of EUNAVFOR MED IRINI Council Decision (CFSP) 2020/472: Decision establishing the EUNAVFOR MED IRINI operation Council Decision (CFSP) 2025/488: Decision extending EUNAVFOR MED IRINI until 31 March 2027 Brussels: Location where the decision was made
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Official Journal EN of the European Union L series 2025/2451 3.12.2025 POLITICAL AND SECURITY COMMITTEE DECISION (CFSP) 2025/2451 of 18 November 2025 on the reconfirmation of the authorisation of the European Union military operation in the Mediterranean (EUNAVFOR MED IRINI) (EUNAVFOR MED IRINI/5/2025) THE POLITICAL AND SECURITY COMMITTEE, Having regard to the Treaty on European Union, and in particular Article 38 thereof, Having regard to Council Decision (CFSP) 2020/472 of 31 March 2020 on a European Union military operation in the Mediterranean (EUNAVFOR MED IRINI)(1), and in particular Article 8(3) thereof, Whereas: (1) On 31 March 2020, the Council adopted Decision (CFSP) 2020/472 which established and launched a European Union military operation in the Mediterranean (EUNAVFOR MED IRINI) for the period until 31 March 2021. (2) Decision (CFSP) 2020/472 provides that, notwithstanding that period, the authorisation of the operation is to be reconfirmed every four months and that the Political and Security Committee is to prolong the operation unless the deployment of maritime assets of the operation produces a pull effect on migration on the basis of substantiated evidence gathered according to the criteria set out in the Operations Plan. (3) On 11 March 2025, the Council adopted Decision (CFSP) 2025/488(2)which extended EUNAVFOR MED IRINI until 31 March 2027, subject to the same reconfirmation procedure. (4) On 9 July 2025, the PSC adopted Decision (CFSP) 2025/1414(3) which reconfirmed the authorisation of EUNAVFOR MED IRINI until 30 November 2025. (5) The Operation Commander provided monthly pull factor reports. (6) The authorisation of EUNAVFOR MED IRINI should be reconfirmed for the eighteenth four-month sub-period of its mandate and the operation should be prolonged accordingly, HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION: Article 1 The authorisation of the European Union military operation in the Mediterranean (EUNAVFOR MED IRINI) is hereby reconfirmed and the operation is prolonged from 1 December 2025 to 31 March 2026. Article 2 This Decision shall enter into force on the date of its adoption. Done at Brussels, 18 November 2025. For the Political and Security Committee The Chairperson D. PRONK (1) OJ L 101, 1.4.2020, p. 4, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/dec/2020/472/oj. (2) Council Decision (CFSP) 2025/488 of 11 March 2025 amending Decision (CFSP) 2020/472 on the European Union military operation in the Mediterranean (EUNAVFOR MED IRINI) (OJ L, 2025/488, 12.3.2025, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/dec/2025/488/oj). (3) Political and Security Committee Decision (CFSP) 2025/1414 of 9 July 2025 on the reconfirmation of the authorisation of the European Union military operation in the Mediterranean (EUNAVFOR MED IRINI) (EUNVAFOR MED IRINI/2/2025) (OJ L, 2025/1414, 18.7.2025, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/dec/2025/1414/oj). ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/dec/2025/2451/oj 1/1

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