Defence, diplomacy, crises, powers
(B2) Jean-Claude Juncker veut mettre les États membres face à leurs responsabilités. Fini le “Brussels bashing”. Après le Brexit, et face aux nombreux choix qui s’expriment depuis les capitales européennes sur le futur de l’Union
Read
(B2) The European Commission made public, this Wednesday, March 1, its White Paper on the future of the European Union. This document, considered “the birth certificate of the European Union of 27”, proposes
Read
(B2) Gathered in Malaga for a Franco-Spanish summit – the first since 2014 – the Spanish and French leaders were keen to reiterate their common desire to advance certain issues, notably defense and
Read(B2) Reflection on the future of Europe has begun. Several countries have recently submitted their ideas, notably with the idea of differentiated concentric circles to move forward. For the Benelux, the focus is different. Point
Read
(B2) The seven leaders of the countries of southern Europe (Cyprus, Spain, France, Greece, Italy, Malta and Portugal), meeting on Saturday (January 28) in Lisbon (Portugal) affirmed that "Weakening Europe n is not an option”.
Read
(B2) Faced with the remarks of the almost American President Donald Trump in an interview with the Times and the Bild (see box), the Europeans wanted to display a certain stoicism. But this apparent tranquility badly hides a
Read
(B2) In front of an audience of personalities, in Paris, on October 7, the President of the Commission Jean-Claude Juncker repeated some of his strong convictions. We have to build Defense Europe, and in particular put
Read
(B2) Despite all the expectations, and all the prior declarations, the informal summit in Bratislava “at 27” ultimately produced very few concrete things. Above all, it reveals a certain inability to
Read
(B2 in Bratislava) The meeting of Heads of State and Government in the Slovak capital this Friday is not expected to be a happy gathering. The situation is serious… as several European leaders have repeated. Everyone feels
Read
(B2) Gathered in Athens on 9 September, the Seven Mediterranean countries of the EU (Cyprus, Greece, Spain, France, Italy, Malta, Portugal) wanted to show their "conviction" that the European Union needs a "news"
Read
(B2) The meeting, this Monday (August 22) off Naples, between the European leaders of the three largest countries, was highly symbolic. A three, all alone, paying homage on the small island of Santo Stefano to
Read(B2) Established by the Member States of the EEC in the 1970s, European political cooperation operated for 20 years, in a pragmatic way, outside the Community framework. At the top of The Hague,
Read
(B2) Signed in Amsterdam on 2 October 1997 by the Ministers for Foreign Affairs of the fifteen Member States of the European Union, the Treaty of Amsterdam enters into force on 1 May 1999. It provides for an evolution
Read
(B2 – exclusive) A note drafted by the legal department of the European Diplomatic Service, which B2 was able to read, defines the contours of article 42-7 — the solidarity clause provided for by the Lisbon Treaty
Read
(B2) After the attack in Nice on July 14, 2016, the French were tempted to re-trigger the solidarity clause of article 42-7. “Europe is not only a market and a currency, it is
Read
(BRUSSELS2) For his (normally) last trip to European soil, US President Barack Obama gave two pieces of advice to Europeans: "Stay firm" against Russia, "Stay firm" against the
Read
(B2) In its relations with third countries, the European Union has developed a whole panoply of agreements which go beyond the simple cases of Switzerland and Norway. Several models for linking economic, political and commercial interests in
Read
(B2) The Global Strategy will be welcomed by Heads of State and Government at their '28' summit on Tuesday (28 June). B2 has had confirmation from a European source. There have been
Read
(B2) After the historic British vote to leave the EU, the “Four” — the President of the European Council (Donald Tusk), the Dutch EU Presidency (Mark Rutte), the European Parliament (Martin Schulz) are reunited
Read