Defence, diplomacy, crises, powers
(B2) By announcing the appointment of Patricia Llombart Cussac to the post of Director for Security, Infrastructure and Information Technology, the High Representative of the EU, Federica Mogherini, is above all finalizing the renewal of the
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(B2) A new head of IntCen, the European Union Intelligence and Situation Centre, will take office in early January. The appointment of the German Gerhard Conrad at the head of this direction of the
Read(B2) Published in recent days: The French deployment in external and internal operations: 31.000 men and women External operations. Where are the European soldiers engaged? Details country by country. Our Burundi survey.
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(B2) France today has around 31.000 men mobilized in the field: around 13.800 abroad (around 10.000 in OPEX – external operation – and 3.800 in its external bases) and 17.200
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(BRUSSELS2) Following the triggering of article 42.7 by France (read: The mutual defense clause activated. The allies are mobilizing. A historic first), B2 wanted to take stock of external operations
Read(B2) The consultations initiated under Article 96 of the Cotonou Agreement with the government of Burundi were not very conclusive. A meeting took place in Brussels on 8 December. But
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(B2) Recently published: The appeal of two subsidiaries of the Iranian oil giant rejected Private security: the legal framework must be reviewed (experts) The Tunis agreement between the Libyan parliaments received with reluctance to
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(B2) In two consecutive judgments, the EU court on Thursday (November 26) dismissed the complaints of two subsidiaries in Switzerland and Hong Kong of the Iranian oil giant NIOC, asking for the lifting of European sanctions
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(BRUSSELS2) The use of private security has now become common in Europe in addition to public security, on public roads. However, the rules are not changing as fast as the reality. It's the
Read(B2) The representatives of the parliament of Tobruk and Fajer Libya of Tripoli, signed in Tunis, this Sunday (December 6), a new agreement providing for the formation of a government of national unity. An agreement concluded without
Read(B2) recently published: The European PNR is emerging from the ground. A political compromise adopted “The selfish political calculations will stifle all hope”. Mogherini lets loose Sanctions against Russia in the process of being
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(B2) A political agreement was made on the PNR (air passenger data) and was endorsed during the meeting of the Ministers of the Interior, this Friday (December 4). The context of terrorism played
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(BRUSSELS2) Federica Mogherini is comfortable in the European Parliament and lets loose there more easily than in other public exercises, where speaking must be more diplomatic. In his last intervention, on December 1, before
Read(B2) The package of economic sanctions, implemented by the European Union since the summer of 2014, vis-à-vis Russia could be renewed. A consensus seems to be forming between the 28 Member States on this point.
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(B2) The European Union should soon validate the appointment of a new special representative (EUSR) in the Sahel, after the departure of Frenchman Michel Reveyrand from Menthon. The decision should be endorsed by the next Council of Ministers
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(BRUSSELS2) Despite a still unstable security situation, regular violations of the ceasefire and a process of reform of the Ukrainian State which drags on, the Minsk Agreements remain the text to be implemented to allow the
Read(B2) One by one the Patriot batteries placed in Turkey to defend the country against possible Syrian incursions had been withdrawn. There remained only the Spanish batteries which will, in turn, have to be
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(B2) Meeting in Brussels, NATO Foreign Ministers agreed to halt any reduction in commitments in Afghanistan as part of their Resolute support mission. “We had a discussion
Read(B2) Recently published: We must think about a training mission for the Libyan coastguards (Credendino) Faced with arms trafficking, the Commission is aligning a very soft action plan... The Commission is proposing a European definition for
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