October 2019 – B2 Pro The daily life of geopolitical Europe

Notebook (30.10.2019). PESC (Texts Burundi, Transnistria, Guinea). Operations (Daesh Coalition. Libyan Coast Guard firing). Defense (Fincantieri survey. NATO visit to Ukraine). Diplomacy (Syria Geneva meeting. International security zone. Venezuela international conference. Belarus death penalty). Neighborhood (Trilateral EU-Russia-Ukraine. Balkan dinner). Aids (Zimbabwe). Security (Security Union reports, cybersecurity, disinformation. EU-New Zealand. G6 Munich). Powers (Romania government. European participation). Commission 2019-2024 (Green light to Th. Breton and Ol. Varhelyi. Reminder to Romania. Conflict of interest). To be continued

30 October 2019 B2 Writing Development Assistance, Belarus, Brexit, constitutional committee, Cybersecurity, European elections, Schengen area, Estonia, Eu-LISA, Libyan Coast Guard, government, Oleg Sentsov, NATO, Death penalty, Sakharov Prize, Refugees, Romania, Sea Eye, Syria, Thierry breton, Ukraine, Venezuela, Zimbabwe, Security zone 12 min read

[Interview] Atalanta eleven years later. An operation always useful (Rear admiral Piegaja)

30 October 2019 Nicolas Gros Verheyde B2Pro, Blog, EUNAVFOR Atalanta, Interview, Somali pirates, Puntland, maritime surveillance 5 min read

[Verbatim] Tracking foreign fighters in Syria, a task complicated by the Turkish offensive. Judging them on the spot difficult. Belgian officials speak

30 October 2019 B2 Writing Bashar Assad, European fighters, Syrian conflict, FTF, Kurds of Syria, ocam, Turkish Offensive, Belgian Parliament, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, SGRS 9 min read

The departure from the United Kingdom postponed to January 31, 2020. And, earlier, if affinities

30 October 2019 Nicolas Gros Verheyde Brexit, European Council, written procedure, United Kingdom, EU-UK 3 min read

Angela Merkel, German Chancellor and Emmanuel Macron, French President, in Toulouse, on the occasion of the Franco-German Council of Ministers, on October 16

[Confidential] The Franco-German agreement on arms exports in detail

29 October 2019 B2 Writing 20%, industrial agreement, Franco-German couple, Arms exports, de minimis principle 4 min read

Hulusi Akar, Turkish Defense Minister with NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg

Resolute support, 4×30, 5G, Patriot missiles in Turkey. The main results of the NATO Defense Ministerial (24 and 25 October)

28 October 2019 Aurelie Pugnet Afghanistan, Multi-role air-to-air refueling and transport capability, Foreign fighters, Regional Special Operations Component Command, 4X30 initiative, Iraq, Jens Stoltenberg, Kay Bailey Hutchison, Patriot missiles, NATO, Resolute support, RG, Ukraine 9 min read

Mickaël Harpon, the author of the October 3 attack, was not followed despite signs of radicalization which could have triggered an alert. ©Magnus Manske

[Decryption] Radicalization in the French armed forces: minority but worrying cases

28 October 2019 B2 Writing Assassination, jihad, France, Radicalization, Terrorisme 4 min read

Notebook (28.10.2019). Confidential (COPS. Sanctions Türkiye. VAT exemption. EUTM Somalia). Defense (Bakr al-Baghdadi. Bulgaria-USA. Russia-Africa). Diplomacy (Lebanon demonstrations. EU-Jordan partnership. Turkey US sanctions lifted). Powers (Belgium Prime Minister. European Public Prosecutor's Office). Brexit (Flextension). Appointments (Cornet of Elzius)

28 October 2019 B2 Writing Africa, Belgium, Brexit, Bulgaria, Sanctions framework, Cameroon, Daech, Ecuador, Islamic state, EUTM Somalia, VAT exemption, flextension, France, Jean-Yves Le Drian, Jordan, Laura Kovesi, Lebanon, Nigeria, NATO, European public prosecutor's office, RELEX, Russia, US sanctions, SOMA, Somalia, Turkey, sale of weapons 6 min read

Special Operations Command in Szolnok: four countries sign. Budapest and Zagreb ask for a NATO 'Central Europe' HQ

28 October 2019 Nicolas Gros Verheyde Austria, NATO Ministerial Council, Croatia, Special forces, Hungary, Slovakia, Slovenia, Command structures, Szolnok 1 min read

Hulusi Akar, Minister of Defense of Turkey and Mark T. Esper, Secretary of Defense of the United States at the NATO Defense Ministerial on Thursday, October 24

Frank and open discussion at NATO on Turkey without a solution. The wound between allies remains (v2)

25 October 2019 Aurelie Pugnet Ank Bijleveld-Schouten, Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer, United States, Jens Stoltenberg, Mark Esper, NATO, Raimundas Karoblis, Syria, Turkey, Unit, Security zone 5 min read

The Sochi agreement consolidates the Turkish security zone and the Russian hold in Syria. The text

25 October 2019 Nicolas Gros Verheyde Sochi Agreement, European Peace Facility, Russia, Turkey, Security zone 1 min read

Plenary session - The Turkish military operation in northeast Syria and its consequences - MEP Angelo CIOCCA throwing a box of chocolates

Special notebook – Plenary of the European Parliament (21 to 24 October 2019). Türkiye-Syria. Egypt. Indonesia. Iraq. Uganda. Budget 2020. Rescues in the Mediterranean Sea

25 October 2019 B2 Writing Albania, Brexit, Budget 2020, Penal Code, discrimination, Egypt, United States, FEDEF, European Defense Fund, Frontex, homosexuality, Indonesia, Iraq, Iran, lham Tohti, North Macedonia, , migrants, opposition, sexual orientation, Uganda, white phosphorus, Sakharov Prize, Refugees, Rescue at sea, Syria, Turkey 6 min read

Mark Esper during his conference with the German Marshall Fund on October 24 (Aurélie Pugnet)

[Verbatim] Europeans take a good look! The threat comes from the Far East, China, not the South (Mark Esper)

25 October 2019 B2 Writing 5G, China, Mark Esper, transatlantic relations, Russia 3 min read

The European Parliament votes for an embargo and targeted measures against Turkey

25 October 2019 Emmanuelle Stroesser Syrian conflict, Kurds of Syria, NATO, Turkey 4 min read

Notebook (25.10.2019). Confidential (IEI out of order. Exclusive document. Catalog of needs. US lobbying). PESC (Project Annual Report. MOE Sri Lanka). Defense (Renovated patrol aircraft France. Partnership simulation). Diplomacy (Syria security zone. Afghanistan roadmap. Chile state of emergency. EU-China. EU-Japan. Cape Verde visas). Helpers (Bosnia). Security (USA-EU data. CBRN De Kerchove). Brexit (Extension. Elections). Commission 2019-2024 (France. Romania. UK)

25 October 2019 B2 Writing Afghanistan, Biological weapons, Chemical Weapons, Nuclear weapons, maritime patrol aircraft, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Brexit, Budget 2020, Green cap, Chili, China, Daesh, emergency state, France, Frontex, Gilles de Kerchove, Japan, Marisa Matthias, migrants, Election observation mission, Peace process, Radicalization, Returns, Sri Lanka, Syria, visa, Security areas 8 min read

Jean-Claude Juncker (European Commission), François Hollande and Angela Merkel - in the background Emmanuel Macron, then Minister of the Economy (credit: European Commission)

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