Poland receives first warning for its justice laws
(B2) The European Commission decided this Wednesday (20 December) to initiate the first phase of the Article 7.1 procedure for non-compliance with the rule of law by Poland, due to the
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B2 Pro The daily life of geopolitical Europe
Defence, diplomacy, crises, powers
- [Confidential] Latest arguments around the future former Defense subcommittee
- [Preview] Ukraine, Middle East, Turkey on the agenda of the European Council (April 17, 2024)
- [Confidential] A Pole future president of the EU military committee? (v2)
- [Preview] On the agenda of the Foreign Affairs (and Defense) Council of April 22, 2024
- [Confidential] Faced with reality, EUTM Mali will close its doors
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Austria. The sovereign ministries (foreign affairs, defense, interior) in the hands of the Blues! (V2)
(B2) The black-blue coalition (turquoise blue), formed by the Christian Democratic Party (ÖVP) of Sebastian Kurz, and the Freedom Party (FPÖ, extreme right) of Heinz-Christian Strache, promoted arrived at a consensus in Vienna on a
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[Verbatim] French policy in Africa according to Macron
(B2) In Ouagadougou (Burkina Faso), on November 28, Emmanuel Macron came to display the image of a “new generation” in search of a new dimension in Africa for France, but also Europe. The opportunity for the French president to display
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[Decryption] Strategic review 2017. France adapts its defense position to a more European angle
(B2) The French “Strategic Review”, drafted under the authority of MEP Arnaud Danjean (1), aims to set the level of France's “ambition” in terms of defence, by giving a table of
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A follower of spiders appointed Minister of Defense across the Channel
(B2) Theresa May was quick to announce the new holder of the defense portfolio, after the resignation of Michael Fallon (read: A fatal knee!
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A fatal kick! UK defense minister resigns
(B2) The issue of sexual harassment made its first political victim across the Channel. British Defense Minister Michael Fallon, one of the veterans of national politics, announced by letter addressed to Theresa
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[Verbatim] Puigdemont will govern from Belgium
(B2) The Brussels Europe Press Club was full to the brim on Tuesday (31 October). The conference room was far too small to contain all the international press who came to watch the first appearance
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The Malian affair forces Jeanine Hennis to resign. Klaas Dijkhoff replaces her
(B2) The drama that struck the Dutch army in Mali in July 2016 (see box) has rebounded at the political level. The Minister of Defence, Jeanine Hennis-Plasschaert, in an intervention before the Chamber,
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[Memo Sheet] The who's who of COPS ambassadors (v5)
Political and Security Committee play a key role in the European security system, by linking the European and national levels, politics, diplomacy and the military
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The three main defense challenges according to Lithuania. The CSDP an additional guarantee to NATO
(B2) Lithuania has just published an English version of its defense white paper presented earlier this year. According to Vilnius, there are three “main challenges”: “[1°] the
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A gunnery officer takes the lead of the French military PR in Brussels
(B2) Vice-Admiral Charles-Edouard de Coriolis will give way on September 1, at the head of the French military representation in Brussels, covering the two representations to the European Union and NATO,
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Joël Barre appointed to the DGA
(B2) The Council of Ministers confirmed this Wednesday (August 9), the appointment of Joël Barre, as the new general delegate for armaments. The newcomer replaces Laurent Collet-Bihon, admitted to retirement, who had remained close
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François Lecointre, new commander of the French armies. Operations not the budget
(B2) It is a face known to some Europeans who should take the lead of the French armies. General François Lecointre was appointed this Wednesday (July 19, in the Council of Ministers, immediately after the announcement of the resignation of
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Ireland joins Sophia (V2)
(B2) The new Irish government has made an about face and is going to engage in Operation Sophia led by the European Union in the Mediterranean (EUNAVFOR Med). The decision was enacted in government on Tuesday (July 11), on a proposal
ReadIn Warsaw, Trump hails Polish resistance
(B2) Present in Warsaw before the G20 summit, the American president, Donald Trump held, on Thursday (July 6), on Krasiński square to salute the Polish resistance to the “soviets”, going back to all the times
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France is starting a strategic review. MEP Arnaud Danjean in charge
(B2) MEP Arnaud Danjean was tasked this Thursday (June 29) by the French Minister for the Armed Forces, Florence Parly, with conducting “a strategic review of defense and national security”. In the viewfinder
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Government reshuffle in France: Defense and Europe change heads
(B2) After the resignation of Sylvie Goulard from the post of Minister of the Armed Forces (read: Five weeks at Defense… and Sylvie Goulard resigns. Who to replace her?), followed by the resignation of the others
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Five weeks at La Défense… and Sylvie Goulard resigns. Who to replace her? (V2)
(B2) The French Minister (of Defence) for the Armed Forces, Sylvie Goulard, announced her resignation on Tuesday morning. In a press release, received by B2 (1), it announced that it had "asked the President to
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[Fiche-Mémo] Les anciens ministres des Affaires étrangères (archives). Portraits (v9)
(B2) They were, for a time, Ministers of Foreign Affairs. The fact that they no longer participate in meetings of EU ministers does not necessarily indicate that they have lost their interest in these strategic issues. Some
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