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The German parliament has approved Germany’s participation in NATO’s Sea Guardian mission to monitor the Mediterranean Sea for another year, as part of efforts to fight terrorism and arms smuggling. On Friday, 507 members of the Bundestag voted in favour of the renewed mandate, with 100 against and one abstention. The maximum number of soldiers that can be deployed has been reduced from 650 to 550, and the area of operations will be limited mainly to the Mediterranean outside coastal areas. “A deployment in territorial seas will only take place after approval by the respective littoral state a…