Defence, diplomacy, crises, powers
(B2) With the departure of the United Kingdom at the end of March 2019, the Europeans will lose one of their most active members of the Security Council within the United Nations. The only permanent member of the EU
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(B2) The two French (F. Parly) and German (U. von der Leyen) Defense Ministers have decided to take the next step on the combat aircraft of the future, as on the future land machine The agreement
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(B2) During the NATO Trident Juncture exercise, several countries observed interference with their GPS signals. Norway and Finland have clearly pointed to neighboring Russia as responsible. Incidents that
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(B2) The Horn of Africa, Central Asia, Yemen and even Bosnia and Herzegovina and Ukraine were at the heart of the Foreign Ministers' agenda on Monday, November 19, 2018. Chaired by Federica Mogherini , THE
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(B2) The General Court of the EU upheld on Thursday (22 November) the Council's decision to freeze the assets of members of the Mubarak family, on the basis of legal proceedings relating to misappropriation of
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(B2) Composed of Heads of State and Government, the European Council has been given a specific role in foreign policy. With a permanent president, elected from among its members by qualified majority for a
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(B2) Recently published: (blog) Record airdrop for a British A400M Atlas The EU launches a very clear appeal to Kosovo and Serbia: stop the provocations! CARD: experiment completed. We pass
Read(B2) After Pristina's decision to increase the tax on goods from Serbia and Bosnia and Herzegovina to 100%, EU High Representative Federica Mogherini called on Kosovo to
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(B2) Defense Ministers decided on Monday (19 November) to give a more definitive turn to the Coordinated Annual Review on Defense (CARD) The CARD pilot exercise, led by the European Defense Agency
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(B2) After the Council of Ministers, Parliament is making progress on the European Defense Fund (Fedef). The Industry Committee adopted the report by Zdzisław Krasnodębski (Ind/ECR) on Wednesday 21 November. Parliament will thus be able to
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(B2) The European Union has not yet decided what measures it could take following the assassination of Jamal Khashoggi vis-à-vis Saudi Arabia. The E3 (Germany, France, and United Kingdom) take a first step. Rather symbolic
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(B2) Pushed by Denmark and several countries, the Foreign Ministers of the 28 recognized, on Monday (19 November), the need to put in place some targeted measures against the (Iranian) perpetrators of
Read(B2) Federica Mogherini warned the Member States at the meeting of Defense Ministers on November 20, and in particular Italy. “Either we find a temporary solution to the landing in the
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(B2) It is a rare fact even if it is not unusual, the European negotiators did not manage to agree at the end of the legal deadline for conciliation on the budget of the next year. A decision that
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(B2 – exclusive) Despite the change of government five months ago, Spain continues to be a fervent promoter of a common defense security policy. Margarita Robles, Minister of Defence,
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(B2) The European Union wants to sign “as soon as possible” a new strategic cooperation plan with Pakistan. To achieve this, Foreign Ministers on Monday 19 November called on Islamabad to maintain
Read(B2) Recently published: PESCO will be open to third countries… but not immediately and not without exclusive conditions – European Defense Agency desperately seeks budget for 2019 The '28' conclude a
Read(B2) The Grand Chamber of the Court of Justice of the EU rejected on Tuesday (20 November) the European Commission's appeal challenging a Council decision to approve the creation of marine protected areas in Antarctica. THE
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(B2) The 25 member countries of permanent structured cooperation (PESCO) have set themselves a deadline: the end of December to reach a decision on the acceptance of third countries. It's the last missing piece of the
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