The '28' conclude a pact: deploy a civilian PDSC mission quickly and well. Bet to hold!
(B2) EU missions deployed under civilian CSDP all too often suffer from understaffing, reactivity and slow set-up. While "Europe's strategic environment
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Day: November 19, 2018
Military specifications for force mobility in the EU and beyond
(B2 – exclusive) The Council of Ministers of the EU approved this Monday (November 19), the catalog of military specifications. A document prepared by the EU Military Committee in the context of the Action Plan
ReadA new strategy against small arms and light weapons adopted
(B2) The EU Council of Ministers, in its Foreign Affairs formation, adopted on Monday (19 November) a new strategy against illicit firearms and small arms and light weapons (SALW),
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Support Sudan. Yes, but not without conditions
(B2) European Union foreign ministers on Monday (November 19th) offered their support to the government of Sudan to implement internal reforms, with certain conditions. The aim is to help the
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The Horn of Africa breathes, Ethiopia plays a calming role, Europeans ready to help
(B2) Ethiopia, which multiplies political and economic reforms, has become the good pupil and the driving force behind a lull in the Horn of Africa. A role that the Foreign Ministers of the 28, in their conclusions adopted
ReadConflict in Yemen. The Khashoggi affair revives interest in a solution. The EU wants to seize the “momentum”.
(B2) The international scandal caused by the Khashoggi affair has revived serious interest in the deadly conflict that has raged in Yemen since 2015, between an Arab coalition led by Saudi Arabia and the
ReadNotebook (19.11.2018). Confidential (satellite images, planning battlegroups 2019-2022). PESC (IAEA and JCPOA, Libya blacklist). Peace (Monusco, Minusca). Defense (M. Rutte and EU army, NGO and Defense Fund, Israeli-Bulgarian agreement).…
(B2) Recently published: Closing Operation Sophia: unthinkable. Finding a solution at the port of disembarkation: very difficult Providing Europe with the tools of its sovereignty (E. Macron) Eritrea obtains the lifting of its embargo
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Closing Operation Sophia: unthinkable. Find a solution at the port of disembarkation: very difficult (V2)
(B2) Defense Ministers should meet on Tuesday (November 20) with the Operation Sophia file on their table. The challenge remains the same: finding a solution at the port of disembarkation. Delicate subject
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