Defence, diplomacy, crises, powers
(B2) The European Commission publishes on Wednesday (9 September) its 'first' strategic foresight report. Ambition: identify new challenges and new opportunities to better guide the choices of the Union This report of about forty
Read(B2) The first work program of the Von der Leyen Commission, presented on Wednesday (January 29) turns out to be rather sparse in terms of defense, and a little more substantial in terms of security
Read(B2) The new Austrian government formed between the Greens and the Christian Democrats (ÖVP) and led by the young (33) Sebastian Kurz can get to work. The Greens ratified this Saturday (January 4)
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(B2) Europe must learn to think like a geopolitical power. This is the essence of the report on European strategic sovereignty produced by a European think tank This report coordinated by the think tank European Council on
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(B2 in Helsinki) Finland, which took over the presidency of the Council of the European Union at the beginning of July, has every intention of leaving its mark on certain themes. Its principal leaders — Ante Rinne, Tytti Tuppurainen,
Read(B2) The European summit on June 20 and 21 will be dominated by the institutional agenda, the renewal of European heads, even if other aspects (Turkey, climate, Euro zone, etc.) are not negligible. An early meeting
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(B2) The leaders of the European Union meet informally for Europe Day on May 9 in Sibiu, Romania. The meeting takes place at 27 (without Britain's Theresa May). Objective
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(B2) A few days before the European summit in Sibiu, on May 9, intended to discuss the future of the Union, the European Commission presented its “strategic recommendations” on Tuesday (April 30). Objective: to draw up "the
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(B2) In the debate between the two leading candidates in the European elections, the German Manfred Weber (for the EPP) and the Dutchman Frans Timmermans (for the S&D), broadcast on France 24 and
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(B2) European values are defended by actions. The European future feeds on utopia. Two key themes outlined by Swedish Prime Minister Stefan Löfven in front of the European Parliament this Wednesday (3 April) The Prime Minister
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(B2) Slovak Prime Minister Peter Pellegrini advocates a “united, prosperous and secure, globally relevant” Europe. Speaking at the plenary of the European Parliament in Strasbourg on Tuesday (12 March), he pleads for a Europe
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(B2) CDU leader Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer wanted to respond to Emmanuel Macron's proposals. The leader of the German Christian Democrats highlights her priorities which do not exactly coincide with the angle of the president
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(B2) The “College of Intelligence in Europe” held its inaugural session in Paris on March 4 and 5, 2019, with French President Emmanuel Macron coming to ensure its closing Around 70 intelligence officials
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(B2) In a letter to Europeans published this evening in several French and European dailies*, French President Emmanuel Macron is in favor of a European qualitative leap, in terms of defence, internal security and economics.
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(B2) In a long interview with the Sunday edition of the daily Die Welt, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban clarifies some of his positions on the European People's Party, his campaign against Juncker
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(B2, in Strasbourg) The President of the Italian Council, Giuseppe Conte had come to call for a “new impetus” for the future of Europe, for a renewed dialogue with Russia and China. Past his speech, the debate
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(B2) The adoption of the next multiannual financial framework is at the top of the list of priorities for the Finnish Presidency of the Council in the second half of 2, announced its Prime Minister, Juha Sipilä, before the plenary of the European Parliament
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(B2) The Spanish Prime Minister is clearly in favor of the creation of a European army, a sort of concrete testimony to the credibility of the European Union's foreign policy. This issue also justifies for him to
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(B2) In the aftermath of the Strasbourg attack, the President of Cyprus, Níkos Anastasiádis, pays tribute to the European model, and recalls that Cypriot history remains unfinished The European Union, a model to be preserved "The EU has become
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