Defence, diplomacy, crises, powers
(B2 – exclusive) Debates abound between defense ministers. The last informal meeting in Vienna showed this. If attention has been focused on the Sophia operation, other fault lines appear, which for
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(B2 – exclusive) After two years of doubts and planning on the future presence of the CSDP in Libya, the Europeans will have to make a choice. To do this, the High Representative has
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(B2) “Competition even before the export phase” makes European weapons “less effective on the world market”, says Carole Ferrand*. For the head of industrial strategies within the DGA
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(B2) Finland confirmed, during French President Emmanuel Macron's visit to Helsinki on Thursday (August 30), its decision taken a few days earlier to join the European intervention initiative. Eight countries had approved this
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(B2) This is one of the main results of the informal meeting of defense ministers on Thursday (August 30) in Vienna. Operation Sophia is saved until the end of the year. The Italians gave up waving
Read(B2) The High Representative's proposal on the European Peace Facility does not generate large waves of comments. But, behind the scenes, tempers are sharpening. And some whirlwinds could arise A first debate
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(B2) The visit of the French president to Denmark on Tuesday and Wednesday (August 28 and 29) was an opportunity for the two countries to reaffirm their conviction in European defence. A particularly important gesture
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(B2 in Vienna) Defense Ministers and then their EU Foreign Affairs counterparts meet in Vienna for their traditional semi-annual informal meeting On the agenda of Defense Ministers The meeting
Read(B2) The Austrian Defense Minister, Mario Kunasek (FPÖ), proposes to deploy soldiers to European borders in order to fight against illegal immigration. A proposal that he intends to put on the table at informal meetings
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(B2) This is one of the projects which could be developed in the second wave of those carried out under permanent structured cooperation. In August, Estonia officially confirmed its desire to develop, with the
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(B2) Addressing French diplomats, gathered at the Élysée during the traditional back-to-school week, Emmanuel Macron set, on Monday (August 27), a new milestone in European defense, promising a new initiative aimed at
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(B2) Member States are struggling to find an agreement to redefine the European operation in the Mediterranean (EUNAVFOR Med / Sophia) torpedoed by Italy The 28 ambassadors of the Political and Security Committee (PSC) are meeting this
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(B2) The first year at the Hôtel de Brienne in Florence Parly was marked by very large files to manage, such as the preparation of the new military programming law (2019-2025), the European intervention initiative
Read(B2) As expected, the Council of the EU extended until 19 September 2020 the mandate of the EU Military Training Mission in the Central African Republic (EUTM RCA). A decision adopted on July 30, by
Read(B2) The European Union decided, on Monday July 30, by the most discreet way possible, to transfer command of the European maritime operation to combat piracy off the coast of Somalia (EUNAVFOR Atalanta),
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(B2) 360-degree approach, strengthening of relations with partner countries, the Atlantic Alliance wants to assert itself as an essential interlocutor in terms of defense in the face of the various existing challenges and threats. Waiting for 70
Read(B2 – exclusive) The task of monitoring the activity of the Libyan coast guard and navy has been integrated into the action of Operation Sophia since the summer of 2017 (1). It currently remains carried out indirectly Four
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(B2) “No doubt: the UK will keep the air combat sector flying high as we move towards the next generation. » British Defense Secretary Gavin Williamson launched
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(B2) The monitoring of the coastguards by the EUNAVFOR Med / Sophia operation is still quite random. The 28 plan to base a few liaison officers in charge of this function directly in Tripoli. But to let go
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