Defence, diplomacy, crises, powers
(B2 – Exclusive) In response to the Franco-German project for the aircraft of the future, the SCAF, London announced in the summer of 2018 that it would carry out its own program: the Tempest. But with whom and for what? Without Americans
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(B2) Meeting in 'EDA Steering Committee' format, EU Defense Ministers confirmed on Tuesday afternoon (14 May) the mission of the European Defense Agency Three main functions This has three functions
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(B2) 22 countries signed this Tuesday (May 14) an agreement on the simplification of military border mobility procedures (1). An agreement signed within the framework of the European Defense Agency A system
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(B2 – exclusive) The 28 Defense Ministers are due to adopt on Tuesday (14 May) a recommendation to assess the progress of permanent structured cooperation (PESCO) insisting on a key word: coherence This
Read(B2) EU Defense Ministers will take stock of the Permanent Structured Cooperation (PESCO) on Tuesday (14 May), with the help of the progress report provided by the High Representative (1). THE
Read(B2) EU Defense Ministers have approved four waves of projects under the Permanent Structured Cooperation (PESCO). Between 2018 and 2021. A fifth wave is in preparation for May 2023.
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(B2) Robertas Sapronas, Lithuanian Director of Defense Policy, and Kathryn Wheelbarger, U.S. Assistant Secretary (Acting) of Defense for International Security Affairs, on Tuesday (April 2) signed a
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(B2) The proposal of the leader of the German CDU, Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer, to make a joint aircraft carrier is very… audacious. Nothing like this has ever been done in the world. And it's not
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(B2 in Paris) In their report on the European challenges of the defense industry, the French deputies note an unprecedented effort by the European Union in defence, which marks the end of a "taboo", but they
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(B2) Spain will join the project of the future European fighter plane (SCAF), alongside France and Germany. This is the meaning of the letter of intent signed this Thursday, February 14 by the Spanish Minister Margarita
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(B2 – Exclusive) At the end of January, a delegation of French parliamentarians went to Germany to discuss the Franco-German tank project of the future (Main Combat Ground System, MGCS). They met industrialists, soldiers
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(B2) The French and German Defense Ministers took advantage of a visit to a Safran site on Wednesday (6 February) to announce the signing of the first two contracts within the framework of the
Read(B2) After nearly two years of establishment, the “Government Satellite Communications Pooling and Sharing Demonstration” (GovSatCom or GSC) project has entered “its
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(B2) In a major interview with the Belgian daily Le Soir, the Chief of Staff of the Belgian army, Marc Compernol, confides in our colleague Frédéric Delepierre, among other subjects, on the major European issues of the moment
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(B2) The French and German governments will sign a new agreement on 22 January in Aix-la-Chapelle to strengthen ties on both sides of the Rhine. A text with high political significance, with some
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(B2) Paris took the lead of the “Beyond Line of Sight” project integrated into the Permanent Structured Cooperation on November 19th. At the industrial MBDA, we intend to make medium-range missiles (MMP)
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(B2) The European armed forces of NATO and EU countries will be able to continue to have access to Ukrainian Antonov-124 jumbo jets for transporting heavy military equipment (helicopters, tanks, etc.) Managed by the 'support agency
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(B2 – exclusive) The Europeans have reached, according to our information, an agreement on the participation of third countries in permanent structured cooperation (PESCO). It remains to be formalized Recommendations (1) have been
Read(B2) Without discussion, the ministerial meeting (Foreign Affairs and Defence) on Monday evening (19 November) approved a list of 17 new projects to be carried out under permanent structured cooperation This list
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