March 1, 2022 – B2 Pro The daily life of geopolitical Europe

[Verbatim] War in Ukraine. Volodymyr Zelensky speaks directly to Europe: open the door to the Union. Without you, Ukraine will be alone

March 1, 2022 Emmanuelle Stroesser membership request, War, Volodymyr Zelensky 4 min read

(B2) The Ukrainian President had only one message to convey to the European Parliament, short and direct: To be recognized as a candidate country for the European Union. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky spoke…

Russia. Ten oligarchs and 16 other Putin regime officials blacklisted by EU

March 1, 2022 Nicolas Gros Verheyde freezing of assets, Open, Sanctions, Vladimir Putin 7 min read

(B2) The European Union continues to blacklist Russian officials, freezing their assets and banning them from entering the country. Ten oligarchs are targeted, as well as four high-ranking officers, five officials...

A unit of the 3rd Para deployed to Maradi in Niger for Operation New Nero (Photo: MOD Belgium / Bordignon)

[Fiche-Mémo] The Belgian bilateral support mission for the Nigerien forces, New Nero

March 1, 2022 Nicolas Gros Verheyde New Nero, Niger 2 min read

(B2) Launched at the end of 2017, the Belgian New Nero mission is based on long-term bilateral military cooperation. The mission is anchored in the cooperation agreement signed…

(credit: Frontex)

War in Ukraine. Frontex on alert (v2)

March 1, 2022 Agnes Faure Frontex, Russian war in Ukraine, Ukraine 0 min read

(B2) The European Border and Coast Guard Agency, based in Poland, has organized itself to monitor the development of the Russo-Ukrainian war on the Union's borders and intervene First deployment The first…

Shooting exercise in Dnipro (Ukrainian Army - B2 Archives - February 2021)

Russian military intervention in Ukraine. A turning point for European defence?

March 1, 2022 Nicolas Gros Verheyde Russian attack, Armed conflict, European Peace Facility, Sanctions 8 min read

(B2) Faced with the Russian offensive, European countries reacted, at first belatedly, somewhat erratically. But they did react. And faster and faster. If we don't...

[Notebook 01.03.2022]. Russian intervention in Ukraine. Defense. Diplomacy. Crises. Penalties

March 1, 2022 Emmanuelle Stroesser Humanitarian aid, Albania, Nuclear weapons, Balkans, Belarus, Bulgaria, Burkina faso, COPS, Cybersecurity, membership request, Greece, North Macedonia, European Parliament, Poland, Refugees, Russia, Somalia, Terrorisme, Turkey, Ukraine 9 min read

(B2) As the conflict rages in Ukraine, President Zelensky puts the European Union against the wall by signing a membership application. On the ground, the Russians see...

[Decryption] European population. Dynamic Nordics. Germany in the lead, France eternal second. East and South at half mast

March 1, 2022 Nicolas Gros Verheyde demography 4 min read

(B2) The latest release of population figures used for votes in the Council of the European Union during co-decision votes is instructive. In just a few years, we have observed changes...

France sends troops to Romania to reinforce the eastern flank of the Alliance (NATO)

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