Defence, diplomacy, crises, powers
(B2 to the European Council) The President of the European Council, Donald Tusk, wants to come back with a European Council that settles the big questions, does not get lost in the details, solves the main obstacles and
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(B2) The director general of the European Defense Agency, Jorge Domecq, has come to seek the support of the European Parliament to provide the agency with the resources it needs. At the meeting of the sub
Read(B2) No more small projects without a future, or studies that do not lead, the review of the European Defense Agency (the first since its establishment in 2004) highlighted several problems:
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(B2) The structures responsible for Defense Europe have been profoundly modified by the entry into force of the Lisbon Treaty and the establishment of the European diplomatic service (EEAS). Political structures The Council
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President Nathalie Griesbeck, surrounded by the vice-presidents, on September 14, 2017 in Strasbourg (Credit: European Parliament) (B2) The new special committee dedicated to the fight against terrorism met for the first time,
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(B2) He was expected at the turn. Jean-Claude Juncker's third State of the Union address had a different tone this year since, for the first time, it takes place in a context where certain crises
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(B2 in Tallinn) The subject is hackneyed and has given rise to several debates in recent years: How to make meetings of EU foreign ministers more interesting, more productive? What
Read(B2) The European Commission has scored half victories in recent days. After a first decline of power in Warsaw on the laws on justice (1), the Advocate General of the Court, the Frenchman Yves Bot recommended,
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(B2) The Conference of Presidents of the European Parliament has decided to set up a special committee following the terrorist attacks in several EU countries. This decision was ratified on Thursday July 6 by 527
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(B2) The Heads of State and Government of the European Union want to speed up the reforms of internal instruments for managing the migration crisis, whether at operational or legislative level. Strengthen the European Corps of
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(B2) The establishment of a defense industrial development program (from 2019) and a defense research program (from 2021, after the preparatory action), as the stated ambition to of
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(B2) Created in 1952 as the Common Assembly of the European Coal and Steel Community, which became the European Parliament from 1962. But it was really from elections by direct universal suffrage,
Read(B2) The director of the European Defense Agency (EDA), Jorge Domecq, was renewed on Thursday (April 27). This follows a proposal by the High Representative, Federica Mogherini. In a written procedure, launched
Read(B2) Finland officially launched, on Tuesday (April 11), the establishment of a "European center of excellence on hybrid threats". This center will have an academic vocation by following a "multinational
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(B2) The former Polish Prime Minister, Donald Tusk, was re-elected without difficulty this Thursday, March 9, for a new mandate of two and a half years at the head of the European Council. The decision was
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(B2) Make the European Defense Agency (EDA) and Permanent Structured Cooperation (PESCO) real structures of the European Union, in the same way as the European Diplomatic Service (EEAS), and therefore, provide them with
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(B2) The accreditation of ambassadors to the EU is a comprehensive procedure involving the three Community institutions concerned (Commission, Council of the EU, EEAS) and all Member States, which must accredit the person appointed. This procedure
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(B2) On Thursday 19 January, the European Parliament decided on the composition of the parliamentary committees for the second half of the legislature, ie for the next two and a half years. B2 passed these lists
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(B2) For the committees in charge of security issues, barring a last-minute surprise, a certain status quo could be maintained. Everything will be official next week. The vote for the chairs and vice-chairs of the parliamentary committees will have
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