June 20, 2019 – B2 Pro The daily life of geopolitical Europe

Central African Republic. The first detachment to Bouar leaves

June 20, 2019 Nicolas Gros Verheyde bouar, Brief, EUTM RCA 0 min read

(B2) The first detachment of the EU training mission for the Central African Republic (EUTM RCA) left Bangui this Thursday (June 20) for Bouar. This is the first time…

Anastadiades met Donald Tusk ahead of the European Council (Credit: Consilium)

Wild drilling in Cypriot waters. Disgruntled EU waves 'sanctions' rag against Turkey (V2)

June 20, 2019 B2 Writing Cyprus, European Council, Enlargement, Turkish drillings, Greece, Mediterranean sea, Nikos Anastasiadis, Turkey, EU-Turkey 3 min read

(B2) The EU heads of state and government meeting at a summit on Thursday, June 20, "firmly condemned" Turkish drilling in the Eastern Mediterranean. Exasperated by the attitude...

(credit: EU Council)

Summit conclusions adopted. Several points of international relations. The 2019-2024 agenda powered

June 20, 2019 Nicolas Gros Verheyde Strategic agenda, Cyprus, Climate, European Council, Enlargement, Turkish drillings, Libya, Mediterranean, Moldova, Eastern Partnership, Strategic partnership, Russia, Turkey, EU-Africa, EU-Morocco 4 min read

(B2) After a long and complex discussion on the climate, and at the cost of a footnote, the 28 heads of state and government adopted, on 20…

In the foreground G. Conte, D. Tusk (credit: Council of the EU)

MH17, Ukrainian sailors, Donbass passports… Russians asked to respect international law (European Council) (V2)

June 20, 2019 B2 Writing European Council, Ukraine Crisis, Russia sanctions 4 min read

(B2) Russia was addressed in a ritual manner by the Heads of State and Government at the European Council this Thursday (June 20). The point did not arouse intense…

Leo Varadkar, Irish Prime Minister, and Helen McEntee, Minister for European Affairs, upon their arrival at the summit on Thursday (credit: EU Council)

Top Chef 2019: names, what names?

June 20, 2019 Nicolas Gros Verheyde 20 and 21 June, Commission 2019, Top chef 5 min read

(B2) The European summit is floundering with a plethora of candidates, but no single consensus figure who stands out enough to bring about compromise. The failure of the...

Economic sanctions on Crimea and Sevastopol extended for a year (V2)

June 20, 2019 B2 Writing Crimea, Russia, Sanctions, Sevastopol 1 min read

(B2) The EU Council meeting in Brussels this Thursday (20 June) extended for one year, until 23 June 2020, the restrictive measures introduced in response to the annexation of the…

It is customary for the current foreign ministers to apply. None did so this time - at the last Foreign Affairs Council (credit: Council of the EU)

High representative: a position that no longer really attracts

June 20, 2019 Nicolas Gros Verheyde Commission 2019, Frans Timmermans, High Representative, Maros Sefkoovic, Top chef 2 min read

(B2) To the future head of European diplomacy, I would recommend “not only a lot of patience, but also a lot of passion for diplomacy and defense, for this work…

The GNA accuses Khalifa Haftar of war crimes. Here, staging for the press of the stock of medical supplies at an oil site, presented as being targeted by an LNA shot. (©B2/Romain Mielcarek)

Battle of Tripoli: "Only the belligerents ignore the status quo" (UN source)

June 20, 2019 B2 Writing Fayez al-Sarraj, General Haftar, Libya, Reportage 5 min read

(B2 in Tripoli) Marshal Khalifa Haftar's Libyan National Army (LNA) has launched a major operation since the beginning of April aimed at taking control of Tripoli. An offensive stalled at…

Tamil tigers: their continued blacklisting in 2009 invalidated by the Court of Justice

June 20, 2019 B2 Writing ECJ, Blacklist, restrictive measures, Terrorisme, Tamil Tigers 2 min read

(B2) The Court of Justice declared invalid the inclusion of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) on the blacklist from June 2009 in the context of…

If the first choice goes to the European Council, the last word goes to the plenary of the Parliament. Beware of errors (credit: European Commission)

Why should the President of the Commission be appointed quickly?

June 20, 2019 Nicolas Gros Verheyde June 20 and 21, 2019 , Commission 2019, top chef 2019 2 min read

(B2) If the Heads of State and Government fail today, or tomorrow, to find the future head of the European Commission, there will not be much time left...

On the agenda of the European summit of 20 and 21 June 2019

June 20, 2019 Nicolas Gros Verheyde Cyprus, Climate, Commission 2019, European Council, Donald Tusk, Russia, Top chef, Turkey 3 min read

(B2) The European summit on June 20 and 21 will be dominated by the institutional agenda, the renewal of European leaders, even if other aspects (Turkey, climate, Eurozone, etc.) are not...

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