March 2018 – B2 Pro The daily life of geopolitical Europe

Poland equips itself with Patriot batteries. The 1st phase signed, the 2nd phase is being prepared

March 31, 2018 Nicolas Gros Verheyde air defense, United States, Lockheed Martin, Mariusz Blaszczak, Patriot missiles, offset, burden sharing, Paul W. Jones, Poland, Raytheon 5 min read

Will the spirit of Easter blow on the Minsk agreements? The Four weakly believe in it

March 30, 2018 Nicolas Gros Verheyde Minsk agreements, Cease fire, Declaration, prisoner exchange, OSCE Monitoring Mission, SMM Ukraine 1 min read

Notebook (30.03.2018). EUTM G5 Sahel. Sudan (sanctions). Specialized Chambers Kosovo (Prosecutor). EU-UK (sanctions). Finland (expulsion). EUNAVFOR Med (interpol). EUFOR Althea (visit). Franco-British (DGA). Syria (French mediation). Macedonia (noun). Georgia (43rd round failure). Israel (human rights). Parliamentary visits (South Korea, Moldova/Ukraine, Nigeria, Guinea, Cyprus).

March 30, 2018 B2 Writing Abkhazia, Lancaster House Agreement, Brexit, Specialized Chambers of Kosovo, Cyprus, South Korea, Discrimination, Emmanuel Macron, EUNAVFOR Med, EUTM Mali, FDS, Franco-British, FYROM, Interpol, Kurdes, negotiation, Name of Macedonia, OSCE, South Ossetia, European Parliament, Pedro Serrano, Missing persons, Special Prosecutor, Sanctions, SITF, Syria, occupied territories 8 min read

CONT committee meeting on ' Integrity policy of the Commission, in particular the appointment of the Secretary-General of the European Commission '. exchange of views with Günther OETTINGER, Member of the EC in charge of Budget and Human Resources

[Verbatim] Will the practice of parachuting soon be banned in the European institutions?

March 29, 2018 Nicolas Gros Verheyde Cocobu, European civil service, Ingeborg Grässle, martin selmayr, regulations, Resolution 6 min read

Despite appearances, the atmosphere was tense between Europeans and the Turkish leader. Only the Bulgarian Boïko Borissov, who holds the rotating presidency of the Union, is a little friendlier (Credit: Council of the EU)

Varna summit: neither progress nor compromise…

March 29, 2018 B2 Writing migration agreement, Afrin, Boiko Borissov, Donald Tusk, Jean-Claude Juncker, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Varna Summit, Terrorisme, Turkey, EU-Turkey 6 min read

[Verbatim] Selmayr affair: what the main parliamentary groups say

March 29, 2018 Emmanuelle Stroesser Cocobu, martin selmayr, nomination, European Parliament, Transparency 5 min read

[Verbatim] Selmayr case. Parliament's legal service gives a very clear opinion. Interesting

March 28, 2018 Nicolas Gros Verheyde Selmayr case, European civil service, European Parliament, Legal Department, Court of the EU 6 min read

EEAS. The director of the Middle East department appointed, the ambassador to Colombia confirmed, administrative departments provided

March 28, 2018 Nicolas Gros Verheyde Biography, Colombia, EU Delegation, Fernando Gentilini, Moyen Orient, nomination, EEAS 3 min read

armored vehicles (credit: Bundeswehr / Archive B2)

The Commission proposes a few lines of action to create a military Schengen. Far from certain...

March 28, 2018 Nicolas Gros Verheyde European Defense Agency, European Commission, EU Defense, EUMS, NATO, CFSP, PSDC, Transportation, VAT, Violeta Bulc 5 min read

Incident in Kosovo, the head of European diplomacy rushed to Belgrade

March 28, 2018 Nicolas Gros Verheyde arrest, Belgrade Pristina Dialogue, Marko Djuric, Mitrovica, North Kosovo 3 min read

Notebook (28.03.2018). EUNAVFOR Med (pilot project). EUTM RCA (Belgium). SMM OSCE (drones). Monusco (extension). France (LPM, A400M). Croatia (F-16). MBDA (2017 results). Russian diplomats (continued). Kosovo-Serbia (incident, mediation). Ukraine (ceasefire). Afghanistan (support). Central Asia (meeting). Saudi Arabia (missiles). Belarus (independence). DR Congo (humanitarian aid, refugees). Frontex (Moldova). Puigdemont (arrest). To read, Jobs

March 28, 2018 B2 Writing A400M, Afghanistan, Humanitarian aid, Saudi Arabia, Central Asia, Belarus, Carlos Puigdemont, Cease fire, Croatia, Belgrade Pristina Dialogue, Drones, EUNAVFOR Med, EUTM RCA, F-16, Federica Mogherini, Fontex, EU High Representative, LPM, MBDA, Moldova, MONUSCO, OSCE, European Parliament, DR Congo, Russia, SMM, Ukraine 10 min read

[Verbatim] They told the European Council (22 and 23 March 2018)

March 28, 2018 B2 Writing European Council 7 min read

02 Oct 2017 - Brussels, Belgium - High level conference "Hybrid threats and the EU - State of play and future progress", organized by the European Union Institute for Security Studies. © Bernal Revert