Defence, diplomacy, crises, powers
(B2) The renewal of European institutions is a sophisticated mechanism involving a series of actors and criteria. A single grain of sand, and the agenda is disrupted. Official … and unofficial chronology Preparations
Read(B2) Ukraine, Horn of Africa, Venezuela and Syria were at the heart of exchanges between EU foreign ministers on Monday 18 February, with much debate and few conclusions Debates without conclusions
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(B2) “What are the prospects for the standardization of armaments between the Union and NATO? questioned themselves in the presence of the main players in the sector, the MEPs. An apparently technical question, but which becomes
Read(B2) Recently released: (exclusive) Asset freeze against 12 Yanukovych-era officials suspected of prolonged embezzlement (investigation) Armaments. Europe has ordered 21 billion from the United States in ten years (blog)
Read(B2) The Council of the EU must approve the renewal of restrictive measures against certain Ukrainian officials of the Yanukovych regime in power in Ukraine until 2014, suspected of embezzlement The decision prepared in the
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(B2 – exclusive) In ten years, the member countries of the European Union have imported nearly 21 billion euros worth of American military equipment. To this already considerable amount are added others, always important, in service, in
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(B2) The Americans are campaigning for the presence of Europeans alongside them in northern Syria, as part of an observation force. Europeans are not very enthusiastic. But Didier Reynders seemed to do
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(B2) Member States are ready to negotiate. On 20 February, they defined their position on the reinforcement of the European Border and Coast Guard Corps, on three important points: the number of corps,
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(B2) This is an unprecedented summit which brought together, for the first time, the European Union and the Arab League on February 24 and 25, 2019. 49 heads of state met in Sharm el-Sheikh, an Egyptian seaside resort,
Read(B2) The European Union extended, on Monday (25 February), the sanctions regime against Belarus for an additional year until 28 February 2020. This extension was expected, Coreper having decided on Thursday 20 February (Notebook 20.02.2019).
Read(B2) The European Union has succeeded in defining a common position on Venezuela, around certain key words: the condemnation of the Maduro regime in its use of force, the call to let aid through
Read(B2) Recently published: The EU must beef up its capabilities and revive the Berlin agreements More (Sir James Everard, NATO) (blog) FS Jacoubet in Operation Sophia: to break Italy's solitude? (blog)
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(B2) For the Deputy Supreme Allied Commander in Europe (DSACEUR), British General Sir James Rupert Everard, “the EU lacks muscles”, military means. Speaking to Parliament's Defense Sub-Committee
Read(B2) The Council of Foreign Ministers approved and authorized on February 18 the signing of an agreement on a framework for Jordan's participation in crisis management operations
Read(B2) In the absence of being able to intervene in the procedure for drawing up the European peace facility, the European Parliament nevertheless wanted to add its grain of salt, in a report approved on Wednesday (20
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(B2) It is an Irishman, Eamon Gilmore, the former Minister of Foreign Affairs and the former special envoy of the EU for Colombia, who should occupy within a few days the post of special representative of the EU for the rights
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(B2) The migration crisis is behind us. In 2018, illegal arrivals of migrants in Europe fell, for the third consecutive year, to reach their lowest level since 2012. A trend that will continue
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(B2) Recently published: (exclusive) The compromise on the European Defense Fund dissected. Main points, first analysis EUCAP Sahel Mali mission extended, mandate extended to Chad, Burkina Faso and Mauritania (exclusive) United States
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(B2) In a joint statement, EU High Representative Federica Mogherini and Commissioner (Enlargement) Johannes Hahn raised their voices on Thursday (21 February) against Albanian political actors who "undermine progress
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