Defence, diplomacy, crises, powers
(B2) Seven countries (1) have started working on a project for a joint oil support unit during operations. This project called MCPU (Modular Combined Petroleum Unit) aims to establish a multinational and
Read(B2) Recently published: A final agreement on the mini EU military HQ (MPCC) On the way to a defense financing mechanism (CFM) The 28 are impatient for the CBSD Green light
Read(B2) Everyone believed that an agreement on the military planning and conduct capability (MPCC) would be impossible to obtain before a few days or even weeks (after the British elections). The High Representative of the Union, Federica Mogherini,
Read(B2) The Defense Ministers agreed in principle to the study of a Capability Financial Mechanism (CFM) which constitutes one of the components (the first) of the future European Defense Fund. The objective, explains a
Read(B2) The 28 EU Foreign Ministers reaffirmed, on Monday 15 May, the commitments made in October 2016 in the working document on the defense of indigenous populations and their
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(B2) A certain impatience is felt among the Ministers of Defense of the 28. In their conclusions (1), this Thursday, May 18, they ask "once again" for "rapid" progress
Read(B2) The General Court of the European Union confirmed this Thursday (18 May) the freezing of assets against the cousin of Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad, Rami Makhlouf, for the period 2016-2017. The judges emphasize that belonging to families
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(B2) Defense Ministers must approve this Thursday (18 May) the implementation of the Coordinated Annual Review on Defense (CARD) in two stages: a pilot test starting next autumn
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(B2) The future of the European maritime operation EUNAVFOR Atalanta must be decided in the coming months. And contrary to what some hope (read: Rome new HQ of the Atalanta operation?), the choice of a new
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(B2) The first Macron government under Edouard Philippe, Prime Minister, has been announced. And the tone is set. In the main sovereign ministries (Defence, Foreign Affairs, Interior, Justice) there are
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(B2) The new French government, of the President of the Republic, Emmanuel Macron includes bold choices. Instead of Defense, a position he held for 5 uninterrupted years, Jean-Yves Le Drian gives up his post
Read(B2) When we look at the array of CSDP missions and operations, it does not really lend itself to unbridled enthusiasm. Despite the intensity of the threats and the unstable situations at the borders, the time is rather
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(B2) Not only was Europe the main focus of his campaign, but on May 15, Emmanuel Macron chose Berlin for his first trip as President of the Republic. The meeting was friendly, warm even.
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(B2) The Ministers of Foreign Affairs and Defense of the 28 will ask the High Representative and the services of the EEAS to improve the deployment of civilian CSDP missions. It's the meaning
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(B2) The 2017 vintage of the rotation of EU ambassadors is proving to be rich. About 40 people are already there A few remarks: there are a lot of Italians in this promotion (9 according to our count) as well as Spaniards
Read(B2) Recently published: Security support and humanitarian aid, the two priorities of the EU in the Horn of Africa The Germans propose a series of projects to put in the PESCO Free Trade Agreement
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(B2) Political crises, drought and famine… this is the explosive combination that the European Union wants to help contain in the Horn of Africa, a “strategic corner” for Europe and international maritime trade. In a debate, without conclusion,
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(B2) Germany has put on the table a more elaborate proposal for a set of projects to be included in the future permanent structured cooperation. Above all, they defend a PESCO that is very inclusive and in a way quite
Read(B2) The Court of Justice has just ruled, in an opinion delivered this Tuesday (16 May), the question of whether the so-called new generation free trade agreements concluded with third countries
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