Defence, diplomacy, crises, powers
(B2) The Romanian Defense Minister, Mihnea Motoc, symbolically took delivery, on Wednesday (September 28), at Monte Real Air Base No. 5 in Leiria, of the first six second-hand F-16s out of the twelve that
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(B2) Recently published: A few gaps in the family photo in Bratislava* Red lines for the regionalization of CSDP in the Sahel (Jacques Fradin) Strengthening defence? Europeans are divided on the
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(B2) The regionalization of CSDP efforts in the Sahel presented by the EEAS is not progressing as quickly as the European Diplomatic Service would have liked. The first document presented to the Member States had not
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(B2) The debates during the informal meeting of Defense Ministers in Bratislava undoubtedly covered more diverse subjects than what the British Minister of Defense implied,
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(B2 in Bratislava) For several weeks, the idea of a European army has been in the news. The High Representative of the Union, Federica Mogherini, wanted to dot the "i", after the informal meeting of Ministers of
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(B2) For Gilles de Kerchove, EU coordinator in the fight against terrorism, the 2016 attacks raise five points of particular concern for the future. Before the European Parliament's Civil Liberties Committee on Monday (September 26),
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(B2) The suspension of sanctions against the FARC (Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia) came into effect on Tuesday (27 September). A measure taken within the framework of the Colombian peace agreement concluded between
Read(B2) Recently published: On the informal agenda Defense of Bratislava For defence, European research is vital* Famas replacement chosen. A French contribution to the Franco-German couple The sheet of
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(B2, in Bratislava) After the Franco-German couple, Italy put on the table its own 'non paper' entitled “For a stronger European defence: the Italian vision”. A paper that is presented
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(B2) On the eve of the informal meeting of Defense Ministers in Bratislava, Jorge Domecq, the Director of the European Defense Agency, takes stock of the various projects underway, in particular the
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(B2) Defense ministers meet on Tuesday (27 September) for their traditional informal half-yearly meeting in the Slovak capital, Bratislava. More precisely, they begin their meeting, Monday evening (September 26), with a dinner
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(B2) It is the HK 416 F which will be the next standard assault rifle of the French army. The General Directorate of Armaments (DGA) confirmed this in a press release on Friday (September 23) after having officially notified the market
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(B2) The High Representative of the EU, Federica Mogherini, should present to the Ministers of Defence, gathered for their traditional semi-annual informal meeting, in Bratislava on 26 and 27 September, her roadmap on the application
Read(B2) Both the Court of the European Union and the Court of Justice handed down several judgments this week which all point in the same direction. They confirm the correctness of the Board's analysis in setting
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(B2) Faced with the coming cold, MEPs want to put energy diplomacy back in the spotlight to avoid a recurrence of the 2009 crisis. In the report which should be approved in
Read(B2) The General Court of the European Union annulled, in three judgments delivered on Friday (9 September), the freezing of funds targeting two Egyptian companies engaged in oil transport (Tri Ocean Energy and Tri Ocean Trading), as well
Read(B2) The Advocate General of the Court, Eleanor Sharpston, has today delivered her conclusions on an emblematic case: the inclusion of Hamas and the Tamil Tigers (LTTE) on the Union's "blacklist" european
Read(B2) The General Court of the European Union partially confirmed, on Thursday 15 September, the sanctions imposed by the European Union against the former Ukrainian president, Viktor Yanukovych, his son Oleksandr and the head of the presidential administration Andriy Klyuyev , suspected
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(B2) The OSCE trilateral contact group reached a framework agreement on the disengagement of forces in Minsk on Wednesday (21 September). This agreement will concern three pilot areas: Stanytsa Louhanska and Zolote,
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