B2 Pro The daily life of geopolitical Europe – Page 294

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September 7, 2017 B2 Writing 11 min read

(B2) Recently published: (blog) Florence Parly passes her final exam Argus securité's request for interim relief rejected France wants to arm its Reaper drones… and the future European MALE drone Florence Parly takes

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[Memo] The Franco-British combat drone project (FCAS)

September 7, 2017 Nicolas Gros Verheyde 1 min read

(B2) As part of the Lancaster House agreements of 2010, the French and the British decide to develop a combat drone. This combat system must be able to deal with foreseeable threats beyond

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Confidential Pro Case law EEAS - High Representative

Argus Security's request for interim measures rejected

September 6, 2017 Nicolas Gros Verheyde 1 min read

(B2) The EU court rejected, this summer, the request for interim relief from the security company Argus in its dispute between it and the EEAS on the contract for the security of

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The Neuron drone project led by Dassault (credit: Dassault)

'MEMO SHEET Aviation Military cooperation (projects)

[Memo-Sheet] The Neuron drone demonstrator, a European project

September 6, 2017 Nicolas Gros Verheyde 1 min read

(B2) The Neuron technology demonstrator is part of the reflections on remotely piloted combat aircraft (unmanned combat aerial vehicle, UCAV), which constitute a potential evolution of combat systems

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Reaper drone in its hangar in France (credit: Air Force / B2 Archives)

Business News Aviation Military cooperation (projects)

France wants to arm its Reaper drones… and the future European MALE drone

September 5, 2017 Nicolas Gros Verheyde 5 min read

(B2) Speaking at the Defense Summer University in Toulon, French Defense Minister Florence Parly announced on Tuesday (September 5) her intention to equip the French armies with armed drones, notably

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Florence Parly, surrounded by Christian Cambon (Senate) and Jean-Jacques Bridey (National Assembly) © NGV / B2

Business News EU defense (doctrine)

[Verbatim] Florence Parly is betting on a Europe of defence. A four engine. Brits in the background

September 5, 2017 Nicolas Gros Verheyde 8 min read

(B2 in Toulon) "Europe of defense is first of all a bet, but a necessary bet" underlined this Tuesday (September 5) the French Minister of Defense, Florence Parly, present at the university

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Confidential Pro EU diplomacy

On the agenda of the informal Defense and Gymnich in Tallinn (September 6 to 8, 2017)

September 3, 2017 Nicolas Gros Verheyde 3 min read

(B2) The traditional informal meeting of Foreign Affairs and Defense Ministers is taking place from September 6 to 8, in Tallin, due to the Estonian presidency. Defense Ministers will begin the session by

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'MEMO SHEET Land

[Memo Sheet] The marriage of KMW + Nexter = KNDS, the land-based Airbus?

September 3, 2017 Nicolas Gros Verheyde 11 min read

(B2) French and Germans decided in 2014-2015 to combine two of their main companies in land armament, Nexter Systems, heir to GIAT industries, and the German Krauss-Maffei-Wegmann (KMW), in a common structure , an “Airbus

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Confidential Pro Borders Immigration Asylum

Commissioner Avramopoulos calls on countries to trigger a new resettlement scheme (V2)

September 2, 2017 Nicolas Gros Verheyde 3 min read

(B2 – exclusive) EU Commissioner for Migration Dimitris Avramopoulos sent a letter to member states at the end of August asking them to make offers to resettle refugees from Africa. Letter that has

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A very formal pose for H. Thaci and A. Vucic with F. Mogherini in the middle, without extreme heat... (credit: SEAE)

Business News Balkans EU diplomacy

Belgrade Pristina. A new phase of difficult dialogue. The agreement on justice applicable by mid-October (V2)

September 1, 2017 Nicolas Gros Verheyde 2 min read

(B2) The Presidents of Kosovo Hashim Thaçi and Serbia Aleksandar Vučić agreed to start working on a new phase of the Dialogue between Belgrade and Pristina for the normalization of relations and reconciliation,

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Notebook (01.09.2017). EUNAVFOR Med (OpPlan). EUAM Iraq (OpPlan). COPS (calendar). PESCO (meetings, Bulgaria). PESC (PE report). North Korea (sanctions/consolidation/missile firing). NATO (Hutchison). Eurocorps (relay).…

September 1, 2017 B2 Writing 13 min read

(B2) Recently published: Permanent structured cooperation. A framework or a process? (blog) Operation Sophia passes under Spanish command at sea The Bêkou fund for the Central African Republic, a nuanced success In the

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Business News Military cooperation (projects)EU defense (doctrine)

Permanent structured cooperation. A framework or a process?

September 1, 2017 Nicolas Gros Verheyde 5 min read

(B2) In a detailed study, carried out for the European Parliament, Frederic Mauro and Federico Santopinto, of GRIP, dissect the future of this permanent cooperation, what it could cover, who could participate in it, how it could

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Among the projects financed by the Bêkou fund, the European Commission has set up technical assistance for police reform (PARP), including the implementation of IT tools and the development of procedures (Credit: EC)

Business News Central Southern Africa Stabilization - Peace

The Bêkou fund for the Central African Republic, a … nuanced success

August 31, 2017 B2 Writing 2 min read

(B2) The Bêkou trust fund (1), set up by the European Union for the Central African Republic, is a "success", concludes the European Court of Auditors in a report it has just published,

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Alexander Rondos (Credit: EUNAVFOR Atalanta / B2 Archive)

Business News East Africa - Horn of Africa

[Verbatim] In the Horn of Africa, the EU cannot just be a cash dispenser. Alexander Rondos' cry of alarm

August 31, 2017 B2 Writing 5 min read

(B2) The special representative of the European Union, Alexander Rondos, called for vigilance this Wednesday, August 30. Faced with "exogenous influences" and their consequences, the European Union must rethink its role in the region

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'Open Neighborhood enlargement Europe Türkiye Defense industry

Brexit a factor of greater cooperation for the arms industry?

August 30, 2017 B2 Writing 5 min read

(B2) The departure of the United Kingdom and its (consequent) arms industry from the European Union is a factor of great uncertainty on the development of the sector and intra-European cooperation. In a recent paper, the ARES network

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Business News North Africa - Libya Borders Immigration Asylum

[Verbatim] Mini EU-Africa summit. The European quartet proposes an action plan in the Sahel to curb migratory flows

August 29, 2017 Nicolas Gros Verheyde 13 min read

(B2 in Paris) Gathered at the Elysée Palace in an exceptional format, "called upon to repeat itself" (in the words of Emmanuel Macron), the leaders of the European Quartet (France, Angela Merkel for Germany, Paolo Gentiloni for the 'Italy,

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Jean-Claude Juncker speaking to EU ambassadors on Tuesday August 29. (Credit: CE)

Business News EU diplomacy

[Verbatim] Crisis management, Russia, Türkiye. Juncker calls for a review of European codes

August 29, 2017 Nicolas Gros Verheyde 2 min read

(B2) In his speech to the EU ambassadors, the President of the European Commission, Jean-Claude Juncker, did not hesitate to put his foot in the dish of some unspoken Europeans, defending not only some

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Federica Mogherini (right) before her speech to the ambassadors (Credit: EEAS)

Business News EU diplomacy

[Verbatim] Mogherini's five priorities for realizing the EU's potential

August 29, 2017 B2 Writing 5 min read

(B2) Opening the ball for the week of EU ambassadors, meeting in Brussels from August 28 to September 1, the High Representative of the Union, Federica Mogherini set out her various priorities. Its objective is affirmed

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Business News EU diplomacy Russia Ukraine Caucasus

The ceasefire regularly violated in Ukraine, denounce Merkel and Macron

August 28, 2017 Nicolas Gros Verheyde 1 min read

(B2, in Paris) On the sidelines of the summit on the migration crisis held in Paris, German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Emmanuel Macron took stock on Monday (August 28) of the military situation

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