Defence, diplomacy, crises, powers
(B2) Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte got what he wanted from his peers at the European summit on Thursday (December 15): a written commitment on the association agreement signed between the EU- Ukraine on several
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(B2) A small country bordering Russia, Estonia is not the first country that comes to mind when talking about European defence, and even less about European missions in Africa. And yet. Eastern Tallinn
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(B2) In its new format, desired by Donald Tusk — over a single day — the summit meeting of Heads of State and Government went well beyond the planned schedule. The busy schedule
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(B2 – exclusive) In recent weeks, the European Union has given birth to four complementary initiatives aimed at strengthening European defense at all levels (political, capability, industrial, operational): The conclusions of the Ministers for European Affairs
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(B2) The establishment of a new impetus for European Defense has been slowly maturing to culminate, on 15 December 2016, in a set of decisions taken by the 28 Heads of State
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(B2) According to our information, Angela Merkel and François Hollande should, before their counterparts, Heads of State and Government, draw up a progress report on the Minsk process which does not encourage optimism. This assessment, which is based
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(B2) Syria is at the heart of the debate of the Heads of State and Government of the 28, meeting in Brussels on Thursday 15 December. With the fall of Aleppo as a backdrop, the Europeans once again want
Read(B2) This is not the first, nor the last European meeting devoted to the migration crisis. The meeting of Heads of State and Government on Thursday (December 15) may not lead to a decision on the
Read(B2) Recently published: The European Parliament wants to strengthen the EU's deterrence capabilities – Brok report A turning point in European defense policy (Analysis) (blog) The conduct of operations: a missing piece
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(B2) "There can be no effective implementation of the global strategy if the Member States do not show firm commitment, ownership and political will and do not show their voice
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(B2) Despite the efforts of the Europeans in Africa, where ten of their sixteen missions and operations take place, the results do not always live up to expectations. " We can not say
Read(B2) The idea of a Somali maritime capacity building mission was born in the wake of the setting up of the maritime counter-piracy operation, EUNAVFOR Atalanta. The objective is to consolidate the action by
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(B2) “The [Syrian] situation is clearly not positive or encouraging. A certain pessimism, coupled with a feeling of helplessness and weariness, was present in the corridors of the Justus Lipsius, this Monday, December 12, among
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(B2 – exclusive) The command of the Central African army's European training mission (EUTM RCA) will change hands next January. French General Eric Hautecloque will be relayed by his Belgian counterpart,
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(B2) The Council of EU Foreign Ministers on 12 December extended the mandate of the Civilian Capacity Building Mission (EUCAP) in Somalia until 31 December 2018. A logical decision
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(B2 – exclusive) This is one of the points in the conclusions of the Ministers of Defense and Foreign Affairs of November 14 which could find application fairly quickly. An ability to conduct military missions
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(B2) The 28 Ministers of Foreign Affairs (1) should adopt, on December 12, at point A (without debate), a declaration aimed at extending the solidarity responsibility for sending battlegroups, under the
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(B2) The company Stoof — which also manages the warehouse for CSDP civilian missions on behalf of the European Union — was severely criticized by an article in Bild,
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(B2) The “defence” discussion at the European Council this Thursday (December 15) should be quite limited. Because ultimately the 28 are in a phase of consensual rapprochement on several subjects. In the state of the conclusions, worked on
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