Defence, diplomacy, crises, powers
(B2) Ten years after the signing of the Lisbon Treaty, 25 Member States succeeded in finally launching, on 11 December 2017, the Permanent Structured Cooperation (PESCO or PESCO) in defense matters. Be there
Read(B2) The regime of restrictive measures to combat the development and use of chemical weapons was established in two stages: the legal regime, on October 15, 2018, the first names, in
Read(B2) As announced, the Council of the EU adopted on Monday (16 September) a new decision amending the EU's arms export controls Responsible marketing Military technology and equipment
Read(B2) The Schengen Code was amended in June 2019 to simplify the granting of visas with faster and more flexible procedures. A modification applicable from February 2, 2020 Facilitated procedures.
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(B2) The European Border and Coast Guard, implemented from 2021, is reinforced on three important points: its staff, decision-making and the role of the agency. The objective is
Read(B2) The European Commission published guidance on cooperative defense procurement on May 8. The document provides practical information on transit through
Read(B2) The resolution adopted on March 28 by the UN Security Council, which bears the number 2462 (2019), aims to block access to 'legal' resources for terrorist groups. A decision, taken unanimously,
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(B2) The European Parliament has validated the reinforcement of the European Corps of Border Guards. The case was completed in six months. A small record of which the negotiators are not a little proud. Rightly
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(B2) The European Commission proposed, on Wednesday 24 April, an amendment to the VAT and excise directives to exempt certain purchases by the armed forces. A supervised exemption This proposal is part of a clear desire
Read(B2) The short deadlines provided for by the Treaty to reach agreement on the legislative texts as well as the difficulty of the files and the constraints of the agenda often make it necessary to organize informal work
Read(B2) The European Parliament gave its consent (16 April) to the introduction of new rules on homemade explosives (1). Text to be approved by the Council of the EU in the
Read(B2) The European Criminal Records Information System (ECRIS) was extended in 2019 to the convictions of foreign nationals (third countries) and stateless persons This reform, known as ECRIS-TCN, is proposed on 19 January 2016,
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(B2) The European Union has put in place a framework for the screening of foreign direct investments, for reasons of security and public order. Filtering that concerns defense and constitutes a small revolution
Read(B2, in Strasbourg) The European Commission must work on the creation of a humanitarian visa. This is what an initiative report of the European Parliament, adopted during the last 2018 session, in Strasbourg, calls for. Objective :
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(B2) Investments by emerging countries in so-called strategic sectors are worrying. Member States and European Parliament reach agreement on draft regulation establishing a framework for investment screening
Read(B2) The Interior Ministers reached a partial agreement on Thursday (December 6) on the reinforcement of the border and coast guard corps. It remains to negotiate the rest. The principle of 'nothing is
Read(B2) To strengthen the fight against terrorist content online, a series of mandatory rules will be put in place The proposed text – a regulation – must be approved
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(B2) EU heads of state and government are expected to endorse the Commission's September proposals at their summit on Thursday (18 October). “Protecting the democratic system of the Union and combating
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(B2) The European Commission has decided to take the operation of the brand new European Border and Coast Guard a little further. On the menu: more personnel, equipment and… skills This
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