Defence, diplomacy, crises, powers
(B2) A few days before a new trip to Washington, on November 13 and 14, the Polish Defense Minister, Mariusz Błaszczak, is optimistic about the creation of an American military base in Poland. A
Read(B2) The 17 projects launched within the framework of permanent structured cooperation (PESCO) during the first wave have not made significant progress. A point made by parliamentarians on the projects to which
Read(B2 – exclusive) The traditional 'jumbo' meeting of EU foreign and defense ministers at the end of the year, Monday 19 and Tuesday 20 November will be loaded with many subjects, but may not
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(B2 in Paris) The French Minister for the Armed Forces hosted, this Wednesday (November 7), the first interministerial meeting of the members of the European Intervention Initiative (IEI or EI2). A meeting that aroused mixed interest
Read(B2) Recently published: An arms strategy for the Balkans Strengthening the compromised MPCC (blog) What Defense Europe is. What it is not Faced with threats, Macron offers a
Read(B2) The Foreign Affairs Council should adopt a decision on 19 November next to help combat the proliferation of arms in the Balkans. This involves implementing the "roadmap
Read(B2) Reinforcing the MPCC – the EU's military planning and conduct capability – might be much less ambitious than expected. The objective presented by the EEAS was first of all to complete the
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(B2) Questioned on Europe1 this Tuesday morning (November 6), as he celebrates the centenary of the armistice of the First World War, French President Emmanuel Macron showed himself pugnacious, determined, in the electoral campaign for the
Read(B2) As announced (read: Diary 26.10.2018), the European Union renewed, this Tuesday (November 6), the embargo on arms and the restrictive measures targeted against several Venezuelan officials. This for an additional year, until November 14
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(B2 – exclusive) German General Peter Mirow will take over the EU Malian Army Training Mission (EUTM Mali) from next Monday (November 12), replacing the
Read(B2) Recently Released: US Reinstates Last Round of Sanctions on Iran. The Europeans repeat their opposition The European intervention initiative. A French project joined by nine other countries (sheet) (blog) The Euro struggles to
Read(B2) The United States moved on Monday (November 5) to the second phase of reinstating sanctions against Iran. A sentence commented on both sides of the Atlantic. In particular, EU finance ministers must
Read(B2) The European intervention initiative (IEI or EI2) was born on the French side in order to remedy the shortcomings of permanent structured cooperation (PESCO), considered to be very far from the original idea — a hard core for
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(B2) MEP Sander Loones will replace Steven Vandeput as Minister of Defense and Civil Service. The N-VA announced its choice on Friday (November 2). He should take office at
Read(B2) The work for the creation of a Special Purpose Vehicle (SPV), is “in progress” specified Maja Kocijancic, the spokesperson of the High representative of the EU, Wednesday (31 October). He keeps on "
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(B2) British Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt has set out the ambition for British diplomacy post-Brexit. In a speech delivered Wednesday (October 31) at the Policy Exchange, he announced a strengthening of the Foreign
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