Defence, diplomacy, crises, powers
(B2) The European Union has appointed a new head for the Border Surveillance Assistance Mission near Gaza (EUBAM Rafah). It is a German policeman, Günther Freisleben, until now chief of the police of
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(B2) Recently published: On the agenda of the Foreign Affairs Council (11 December 2017) (blog) The EU deploys a mission to Baghdad to help the Iraqi internal security forces. For what ? (exclusive) Fifteen projects selected
Read(B2) Recently published: (blog) Caribbean. French, Dutch and British join forces. Finally ! Cybersecurity, a stated priority for the Commission Federica Mogherini, mid-term review: not as exciting as when it started
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(B2 in Tallinn) In addition to the “big topics” on the agenda, the meeting of Ministers of Defense then of Foreign Affairs, on September 7 and 8 in Estonia, did not escape the many declarations
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(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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(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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(B2) Recently published: Airbus and MBDA strengthen their ties with Romania. Integration for Defense Europe A new deputy director of the Americas department and three appointments of ambassadors confirmed (blog) German Relay
Read(B2) Recently Released: Gunnery Officer Takes Head of French Military PR in Brussels EUPOL Copps investigation ends. For what result? European planes mobilized for Albania (blog) The Tremiti in
Read(B2) The European Union decided this Friday (4 August) to add 3 names of natural persons and 3 entities to its “Russia/Ukraine” sanctions list. This responds to a request from Germany, which wanted
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(B2) Recently published: The EU calls for the relaunch of the political process in Libya The EU subjects the export of dhingis to Libya to authorization The EUBAM Libya mission extended with a focus on the future
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(B2) A few days before the informal meeting of EU interior ministers, in Tallinn on July 6, the interior ministers of the three main European countries, Frenchman Gérard Collomb, German Thomas de Maizière
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(B2 in Strasbourg) For the President of Côte d'Ivoire, Alassane Ouattara, who was in the European Parliament on Wednesday June 14, the message is clear: Côte d'Ivoire has emerged from the crisis and intends
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(B2) The rupture is consummated between Berlin and Ankara. The visit to Turkey on Monday (June 5) by the Minister for Foreign Affairs, Sigmar Gabriel, to obtain from his Turkish counterparts the possibility for the deputies of the
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(B2) Germany has put on the table a more elaborate proposal for a set of projects to be included in the future permanent structured cooperation. Above all, they defend a PESCO that is very inclusive and in a way quite
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(B2) Faced with the refugee crisis which is becoming more serious and the fear of the arrival of large numbers of migrants and refugees, the German and Italian Ministers of the Interior, Thomas de Maizière and Marco Minniti, have taken
Read(B2) Recently published: New sanctions against North Korea The American strikes in Syria take part of the EU in reverse Nine billion for humanitarian aid in Syria. The reconstruction, we will see… A
Read(B2) Recently published: Permanent Structured Cooperation: let's stop talking about it. Let's do it! Slovaks in the Mediterranean (blog) The conclusions of the European Council adopted at 27… without Poland Poland refuses the conclusions. Good
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(B2) In the golden paneling of the Palace of Versailles, Monday (March 6), French, German, Spanish and Italian leaders pleaded, with one voice, for a multi-speed Europe, supposed to redefine the European project for
Read(B2) Recently published: The A400M weighs down Airbus. The engines involved says Enders. New negotiations to come Short meeting of the alert mechanism in Gali with Abkhazia (blog) CARD: a coordinated annual defense review.
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