Defence, diplomacy, crises, powers
(B2) One step forward, three steps back. This is the dance that the Europeans and the British seem to be leading in the Brexit negotiations. The thread of events from the Salzburg summit until today
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(B2) EU Foreign Ministers met on Monday 15 October with their six counterparts from the Eastern Partnership (Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Moldova and Ukraine), as well as the main players involved in the region. The opportunity
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(B2) The European Commission proposed on Monday (October 8) a decision allowing the approval of a new protocol agreement with Morocco on fisheries This proposal takes account, explains the Commission in its preamble, of the judgment of
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(B2 in Strasbourg) Invited to speak before the European Parliament on Thursday 13 September, the Prime Minister of Macedonia (FYROM), Zoran Zaev, gave voice to his dream of Europe. From Strasbourg, he spoke to his
Read(B2) The British vision of the future relationship with the European Union was greeted with some skepticism by the 27, meeting in “General Affairs Council” format on Friday 20 July. Yet on issues of
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(B2) After a restless night on migration, it only took a few minutes for the 27 to adopt the conclusions on Brexit on Friday (29 June). The observation is simple: “no substantial progress
Read(B2) The Ministers for European Affairs wanted, during the meeting of the General Affairs Council in Luxembourg on Tuesday (26 June), to send a positive signal to Albania and Macedonia. But the green light
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(B2) While there has been progress in the Brexit negotiations, the Northern Ireland issue remains a big pebble in the shoes of negotiators. Unsurprisingly, the European Union rejects London's proposal
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(B2) The last round of Brexit negotiations, which ended on Thursday (May 24), was particularly difficult. At the heart of the tensions, the European satellite navigation program Galileo to which London wants to continue to
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(B2) Faced with the British security proposals, considered excessive, the European response was exceptionally harsh. But despite several publicly displayed points of divergence, many points of rapprochement are emerging The discussion started
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(B2) The British government presented the contours of the future security partnership between the United Kingdom and the European Union. It encompasses all aspects of foreign policy. From secure information exchange to CSDP missions
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(B2 in Sofia) The Balkan summit in the Bulgarian capital only lasted a few hours. A declaration was signed by the 28 Heads of State and Government. The Europeans reaffirm the "perspective
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(B2) In its latest progress report on accession to the European Union, adopted Tuesday (17 April) in Strasbourg, the European Commission recommends, "to open accession negotiations with the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia and Albania,
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(B2) Foreign and security policy is probably one of the least complicated issues, at least politically, of the United Kingdom's departure from the European Union. A kind of 'cordial agreement'. In London as in Brussels,
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(B2) Bad relations with Cyprus and Greece, intervention in Syria, repression in Turkey, freezing of accession negotiations… The list of points of tension between Ankara and Brussels is long. The encounter between the European Union and
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(B2) A new step has been taken in the divorce between the United Kingdom and the European Union. The Heads of State and Government of the '27' adopted, on Friday (March 23), the guidelines setting out their position
Read(B2) The 28 Heads of State and Government meeting at a summit in Brussels on Thursday (March 22) condemned "firmly the illegal actions that Turkey continues to carry out in the Eastern Mediterranean and at sea
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(B2) The financial assistance granted by the European Union to Turkey within the framework of the accession negotiations had only a “limited effect”. This is the conclusion of the European Court of Auditors in a report
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(B2 in Sofia) The informal discussion on Thursday (15 February) between Foreign Ministers showed serious differences on the enlargement of the Union to the Balkans. While everyone welcomed the strategy presented by the Commission
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