Exclusive: EU plans to slash 80 overseas missions amid refocus
                        
                                                    
                                
                                
                                
                                
                                
                                    The European Commission's department for international partnership is undergoing a strategic downsizing of its worldwide offices in a shift of focus under the new mandate of European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen.                                
                            
                        
                        
                                                    
                        
                        
    
    
        
            
            
        
        
    
                        
                            The European Commission's department for international partnership is undergoing a strategic downsizing of its worldwide offices in a shift of focus under the new mandate of European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen.