Defence, diplomacy, crises, powers
(B2) The suspension of sanctions against the FARC (Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia) came into effect on Tuesday (27 September). A measure taken within the framework of the Colombian peace agreement concluded between
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(B2) The High Representative of the EU, Federica Mogherini, should present to the Ministers of Defence, gathered for their traditional semi-annual informal meeting, in Bratislava on 26 and 27 September, her roadmap on the application
Read(B2) Both the Court of the European Union and the Court of Justice handed down several judgments this week which all point in the same direction. They confirm the correctness of the Board's analysis in setting
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(B2) Faced with the coming cold, MEPs want to put energy diplomacy back in the spotlight to avoid a recurrence of the 2009 crisis. In the report which should be approved in
Read(B2) The General Court of the European Union partially confirmed, on Thursday 15 September, the sanctions imposed by the European Union against the former Ukrainian president, Viktor Yanukovych, his son Oleksandr and the head of the presidential administration Andriy Klyuyev , suspected
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(B2) The OSCE trilateral contact group reached a framework agreement on the disengagement of forces in Minsk on Wednesday (21 September). This agreement will concern three pilot areas: Stanytsa Louhanska and Zolote,
Read(B2) The European Union has decided to supplement its system of “sanctions” on terrorism. On Tuesday (20 September), it adopted a new instrument allowing the autonomous implementation of sanctions (freezing of
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(B2) The General Court of the European Union confirmed, on Wednesday (September 14), the validity of the European sanctions imposed in 2015 against the National Iranian Tanker Company. A stop for honor since in practice, the company has
Read(B2) The Court of Justice of the EU has just confirmed, in its judgment of July 28, the legitimacy of the restrictive measures taken by the European Union against the former Attorney General of Zimbabwe, Johannes Tomana, and 120 others
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(B2) Iranian Offshore Engineering & Construction (IOEC) lost its case in the EU Court of Justice last Thursday (8 September). The judges dismissed the company's appeal against the judgment of the
Read(B2) After the judgment of the court which had sown international trouble between the EU and Morocco - by annulling the EU-Morocco agreement on trade in agricultural products and fisheries, considering that the
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(B2) European justice (Tribunal and Court of Justice of the EU) does not have the power to directly control EU foreign policy nor civilian or military crisis management operations (CSDP). A
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(B2) For Michael Fallon, the British Minister of Defence, Brexit does not mean abandoning the defense of Europe. On the contrary. He said it again during the summer defense universities, at
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(B2) The fundamental subject of the informal meeting of foreign ministers in Bratislava on 2 and 3 September was Turkey (1). The challenge was to renew relations with the Turkish government, after
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(B2 in Paris) In a speech to the French ambassadors gathered for their annual session in Paris, President Hollande recalled the ins and outs of French diplomacy, delivering in passing
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B2 inaugurates this new school year with a series devoted to the Court of Justice and the General Court of the EU. During the summer, we thus met three magistrates, with very different functions, who illustrate the different facets
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(B2) The summer was “extremely complicated” on the demarcation lines between Ukraine and Russia. The head of the OSCE (the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe), Lamberto Zannier, was pessimistic about the
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(B2) In a statement issued on Sunday (August 28), 25 years after the first Weimar declaration (1), the three foreign ministers of the Weimar group — Frank-Walter Steinmeier (Germany), Jean-Marc Ayrault (France ) And
Read(B2) The 28 ambassadors of the COPS, the Political and Security Committee of the EU, met, exceptionally in the middle of the summer period, on Wednesday (August 17) on several burning subjects: Ukraine (and the
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