May 15, 2015 – B2 Pro The daily life of geopolitical Europe

(credit: MOD Sweden: Nordic Battlegroup)

[Analysis] These very expensive battlegroups, really unusable?

May 15, 2015 Nicolas Gros Verheyde Battlegroup, battle groups, Editorial, Future of CSDP, Libya, Mali, planning, RCA, Defense Summit 2015 5 min read

(BRUSSELS 2) The Union's rapid reaction force – the famous Battlegroups – is still in the garage. And it's likely they'll stay there – unless there's strong political will…

family photo from the summit (credit: European Commission)

[Memo Sheet] At the 1999 Helsinki summit, an ambitious global military objective for the EU

May 15, 2015 Nicolas Gros Verheyde battle groups, European Council, EU Defense, Fair, Helsinki, PSDC 8 min read

(B2) At the Helsinki European Council on 10 and 11 December 1999, the 15 Heads of State and Government who then made up the EEC decided to develop the Union's resources...

D. Avramopoulos, F. Timmermans, F. Mogherini to the Commission on May 13 (credit: CE)

Migration Agenda. When the CSDP becomes a key tool of a “comprehensive” approach

May 15, 2015 Nicolas Gros Verheyde Distribution key, European Commission, communication, EU Delegation, Dimitris Avramopoulos, Federica Mogherini, Frans Timmermans, coast guard, EU High Representative, migration, Refugee, CFSP strategy 10 min read

(BRUSSELS 2) The adoption by the European Commission on Wednesday (13 May) of a new "European migration agenda" should not be taken simply as an update of the "migration" policy of...

Strategic review. A certain language of truth about the real capacities of the EU (document)

May 15, 2015 Nicolas Gros Verheyde military action, holistically, battle groups, defense budget, Energy, African Peace Facility, Headline goal, migration, NATO, PSDC, European security strategy, CFSP strategy, Terrorisme 15 min read

(BRUSSELS 2 – exclusive) A discussion paper is expected to be submitted to EU foreign and defence ministers on Monday (18 May) and then taken to the European Summit, the…

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