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To the Foreign Affairs Council (22 January 2018) (V4)

21th January 2018 Nicolas Gros Verheyde calendar, AT, Foreign Affairs Council, Libya, Mahmoud Abbas, agenda 7 min read

(B2) Five items are scheduled on the agenda of the first Foreign Affairs Council of the year: the Middle East, Libya, Iraq, the ACP and Iran. The meeting…

(credit: Latvian EU Presidency)

[Decryption] The European “Defense” Council confirmed for June

February 19st, 2015 Nicolas Gros Verheyde EU Council of Ministers, European Council, Donald Tusk, Federica Mogherini, France, EU High Representative, informal defense, Jean-Yves Le Drian, agenda, Riga, United Kingdom, Defense Summit 2013 4 min read

(BRUSSELS 2) There will indeed be a European Council with a "Defense" item in June. This issue was somewhat on the back burner a few weeks ago, with some procrastination,...

Notebook (05.02.2014). CAE-Agenda. High representative. Morocco. Sahel meeting. EU-NATO relations.

February 5st, 2014 Nicolas Gros Verheyde calendar, CAE, Catherine Ashton, EU Council of Ministers, Cuba, démission, diplomacy, India, Maro, agenda, NATO-EU, European Parliament, maritime piracy, carry-over, Defense Summit 2013 3 min read

(B2) © On the menu of the Foreign Affairs Council of the 10th • MEPs unhappy not to see C. Asthon • The High Representative, worried about the “Maro” • Meeting of…

How to strengthen the EDTIB, questions to ministers

November 29, 2013 Nicolas Gros Verheyde calendar, EDIB, EU Council of Ministers, Company, industry, agenda, Small & Medium Entreprises, Defense Summit 2013 1 min read

(BRUSSELS 2) A new "defense" session will take place at the Council of Ministers for Competitiveness (Industry) next Monday (December 2). The (Lithuanian) presidency has thus included among the delegations...

the Council of Foreign Ministers in meeting (archives - credit: Council of the EU)

[Preview] At the Foreign Affairs Council (October 21, 2013)

October 14th 2013 Nicolas Gros Verheyde calendar, CAE, EU Council of Ministers, agenda, CFSP, Ukraine 3 min read

(BRUSSELS 2) The next Council of Foreign Affairs Ministers of the European Union, which will be held on 21 October in Luxembourg, contains, for once, few points...

Journalists await a statement at the final gymnich in Dublin (credit: Irish EU Presidency, March 2013)

[Preview] On the menu of the informal Defense and Foreign Affairs in Vilnius (September 5 to 7, 2013)

September 3, 2013 Nicolas Gros Verheyde calendar, Anders fogh rasmussen, CAE, Catherine Ashton, EU Council of Ministers, gymnich, informal defense, John Kerry, agenda, Eastern Partnership, Neighborhood 2 min read

(BRUSSELS 2) The Defence Ministers and their Foreign Affairs counterparts will meet on Thursday and Friday (September 5 and 6), the former on Friday and Saturday (September 6 and…

To the Development Council on May 28, 2013

May 27, 2013 Nicolas Gros Verheyde calendar, EU Council of Ministers, agenda 1 min read

(BRUSSELS 2) Development ministers will meet on 28 May, following the meeting of foreign ministers, as is customary once every six months. Post-2015 framework (Objective…

On the European agenda this week (May 27 to June 2, 2013)

May 27, 2013 calendar, agenda 4 min read

(BRUSSELS 2) Busy week for Foreign Affairs and Defense, including the Foreign Affairs Council at the beginning of the week and the European Parliament committee meetings. Monday, 27…

[Preview] At the Foreign Affairs and Defense Council (April 22 and 23, 2013)

20 April 2013 Nicolas Gros Verheyde calendar, EU Council of Ministers, agenda 7 min read

(BRUSSELS 2) The meeting of foreign and defense ministers (in Luxembourg) will be a mock "jumbo" meeting. In fact, there will first be a meeting of defense ministers...

Notebook (19.04.2013) Defense Council-Council of Ministers

19 April 2013 Nicolas Gros Verheyde calendar, CAE, Defense advice, EU Council of Ministers, agenda 1 min read

(B2) Here are the events and meetings at European level for the coming days for the week of April 22 to 29, 2013 Friday, April 19 Poland / France. Tomasz Siemoniak, Minister…

To the Foreign Affairs and Defense Council (November 19, 2012)

November 8, 2012 Nicolas Gros Verheyde calendar, EU Council of Ministers, Exclusive, Libya, Mali, “Peacekeeping” operations, agenda, Syria 5 min read

(BRUSSELS 2) A rather busy schedule for the 27 Ministers of Defence and Foreign Affairs who are meeting on Monday, November 19. This meeting includes several aspects and several compositions….

[Preview] On the menu at the Gymnich in Paphos (September 7 and 8, 2012)

September 5, 2012 Nicolas Gros Verheyde calendar, EU Council of Ministers, debate, water, gymnich, agenda 2 min read

(BRUSSELS 2 – exclusive) The informal meeting of foreign ministers on 7 and 8 September in Paphos (Cyprus) will focus on a crucial current issue: Syria….

Re-entry for the COPS (maj)

September 4, 2012 Nicolas Gros Verheyde COPS, agenda, Syria 1 min read

(B2) It's back to school time for most of the committees and working groups responsible for preparing EU foreign policy decisions, starting with the main one...