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(B2) On October 15, Foreign Ministers adopted a new regime of restrictive measures to combat the use and proliferation of chemical weapons. This decision is a direct extension of the
Read(B2) Despite a request from the European Council (1), following the Salisbury attack, the European Union has still not completed the preparatory work to put in place a sanctions regime which targets the use and
Read(B2) Recently published: European Defense Interviews (2): European champions, also for export (O. Martin, MBDA) Should EUBAM Libya move south or… close its doors? The three options
Read(B2) Recently published: (blog) Latest news from European missions – April 2018 (blog) Palanca joint border post soon to open NATO launches small training and advisory mission in Iraq A
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(B2) In front of the European Parliament, answering a question in particular from the united left, French President Emmanuel Macron, wanted to defend himself from having started a new war in Syria, considering the last intervention perfectly
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(B2) Chance of the calendar, while the use of chemical weapons in Syria agitates the international community, the '28' renewed, this Monday, April 16, their support for a "total ban and the elimination of chemical weapons
Read(B2) The use of chemical weapons has been regular in the Syrian conflict since the beginning of the conflict, especially by the regime of Bashar el-Assad, but also by the rebel groups (Daesh). They gave rise to two types
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(B2) The strikes on Syria were not unanimous. Unsurprisingly, the Kremlin's reaction was quite strong, citing in particular international law and the lack of evidence. But this reaction, quite expected, is
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(B2) The Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) released this Thursday (April 12) the report of the OPCW mission on the "Salisbury incident" on March 4 which injured
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(B2) Foreign Ministers meet on Monday (April 16) with several 'hot' topics on their agenda: Syria (to prepare for the conference on April 24 and 25), Russia, Iran,
Read(B2 – exclusive) Gathered at a summit in Brussels, at '28', the Heads of State and Government on Thursday (March 22) repeated their "unfailing solidarity" with the British after the Salisbury affair, facing
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(B2) The Council of Foreign Ministers of the EU reacted on Monday (March 19) in a fairly clear way after the attack in Salisbury in the United Kingdom on March 4, calling into question, like of
Read(B2) The 28 foreign ministers must decide, Monday (March 19), in point A, to add four names to the blacklist for Syria, for their role in the development and use of chemical weapons
Read(B2) Recently released: Germany requests a NATO call to discuss the situation in Syria Defense procurement. Five States caught in the act of not respecting the directive (V2)
Read(B2) EU Foreign Ministers decided on December 12 to provide the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) with double financial support. Decisions adopted as point A, without debate. Firstly,
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(B2) The European Union should resume its delivery of satellite images to the International Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW/OPCW). The EU Council of Ministers should, according to our information, approve soon (December or rather January 2018)
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(B2) Recently published: On the agenda of the NATO Defense Ministerial (November 8 and 9) PESCO: Poland is dragging its feet Military Schengen is of interest to NATO… and the EU. A European action plan to
Read(B2) The European Union has added 16 Syrian officials to its blacklist. The Foreign Ministers approved this decision on July 17, 2017, in point A (without discussion), as part of its
Read(B2) Recently published: Parliament wants to see the European Defense Union come to fruition (draft report) The High Representative's ten proposals on defence. A necessary political impetus N°45. Europe facing
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