Defence, diplomacy, crises, powers
(B2) The General Court of the EU on Tuesday (24 September) invalidated the asset freezing measures against former Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych (Yanukovych) and his son Oleksandr on suspicion of embezzlement
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(B2) Recently published: The freezing of the assets of Technopromexport, the exporter of Siemens turbines to Crimea, is confirmed (Court) Liability. Iranian shipping company HTTS achieves first victory. The Court of Justice types
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(B2) The judges of the Sixth Chamber of the EU Court rejected on September 11 the appeals of the subsidiary of the Russian energy giant Rostec, Technopromexport as well as its director Sergey Topor-Gilka This
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(B2 – exclusive) The September 10 judgment of the Court of Justice went somewhat unnoticed. No one (in the institutions) hastened to promote it. And for good reason ! By breaking a
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(B2) An agreement is on the right track to organize the disembarkation of migrants rescued in the Mediterranean and put an end to the “case by case”. This is the optimistic message that Malta wanted to convey,
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(B2 – exclusive) The head of the LREM list for Europeans, Nathalie Loiseau, has not lost her outspokenness. The exclusive interview she gave to B2 proves it The new president of the Defense sub-committee of the
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(B2) The European Union has been providing training and strong support to the Libyan General Administration for Coastal Security (GACS) and the Libyan Coast Guard (LCG) since 2017. A rather discreet but proven support. Even though he is
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(B2) Polish Presidents Andrzej Duda and US President Donald Trump signed a declaration on deepening defense cooperation in New York on Monday (September 23). New stage before the deployment of 1000
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(B2) The Iranian issue is at the heart of many of the conversations at the UN General Assembly this week. Already, the maneuvers are taking shape. Europeans point finger at Iran for drone attack
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(B2) The latest report submitted by Admiral Enrico Credendino, commander of the EU maritime operation Sophia in the central Mediterranean, is instructive whether it concerns the traffic, the methods of the smugglers, the tariffs paid by the immigrants
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(B2) Recently published: The defense budget of the Allies exceeds 1000 billion (sheet) The European Intervention Initiative (EII) welcomes three new members and is structured (blog) 78 Libyan coastguards and sailors trained in Italy
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(B2) Allies must invest more in defense to reach the 2% target imposed by NATO. An effort requested in particular by the Americans who believe that Europe relies too much on them for their
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(B2) Gathered at the De Zwaluwenberg estate in Hilversum on Friday (20 September), the Defense Ministers of the countries participating in the European Intervention Initiative (EII or E2I) took stock This was the second meeting of the 'IEI
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(B2) Defense expenditure according to the NATO definition is counted according to a definition adopted at the NATO level as a "payment made by a national government for the express purpose of meeting the
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(B2) In early September, Donald Trump announced the end of negotiations with the Taliban, following yet another attack. A few days before the presidential election, are the negotiations over? Is peace possible? What
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(B2) Recently published: The proposed citizens' initiative on the embargo of products from Israeli settlements in the occupied territories is rejected Special Notebook Plenary of the European Parliament (16 to 19 September 2019) (blog) An F-16
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(B2) After a fairly lengthy debate, held behind closed doors, the European Parliament's Legal Affairs Committee (JURI) decided on Thursday (19 September) to send a request for additional information on personal assets to around ten
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(B2) European Commissioner for Energy Union Maroš Šefčovič was rather optimistic after the trilateral negotiation session (Russia-Ukraine-EU) held on Thursday (19 September) in Brussels in the premises of the
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(B2) Seven personalities or groups are nominated for the European Parliament's 2019 Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought: Russian opponent Alexei Navalny (EPP proposal); Marielle Franco human rights defender
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