Defence, diplomacy, crises, powers
(B2) Seemingly less busy, Monday's Foreign Affairs Council will address - among other topics - the heavy file of Ethiopia, ravaged in the north of the country by civil war, famine and
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(B2) The European institutions must give birth today to a conference on the future of Europe with a shortened timetable and lowered ambitions © Confidential © On the COPS agenda. The ambassadors of the '27' meet this Thursday
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(B2) Demonstrations continue in Belarus to demand new elections, a month after the ballot denounced for its irregularities. Arrests and violence also Headline: Belarus, Europe struggles to agree on sanctions ©
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(B2) As the European Parliament plenary opens in Brussels on Wednesday, it is uncertain whether it will be the last before the summer break. Cases are accelerating. Effect of the German Presidency or
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(B2) The week should still be dominated by the fight against Covid-19 with a focus more largely devoted to the European aid that could be provided to third countries, particularly in Africa. The idea of a Marshall Plan
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(B2) Recently published: (blog) Is Fayez el Sarraj, the head of the Libyan government (from Tripoli) still credible? (blog) A soldier from Barkhane seriously injured by an IED A European-style Magnistki Act in
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(B2) Recently published: (blog) EULEX pays tribute to one of its own. The investigation not closed The three main defense challenges according to Lithuania. The CSDP an additional guarantee to NATO The EU advocates an approach
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(B2) Recently published: EUTM Mali's third mandate approved (blog) Migrants rescued in the Mediterranean Sea © Confidential PESC / PSDC © EU-Turkey. Error in conclusions. A corrected version of the conclusions of the summit
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(BRUSSELS2) French Defense Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian announced on Thursday (20 November) that the contract for the acquisition of 12 MRTT (multi-role air-to-air refueling and transport) aircraft is “
Read(B2) Faced with the situation in Ukraine, the Council of the Atlantic Alliance has taken a series of military measures with "immediate" effect, announced the organization's secretary general, Anders Fogh Rasmussen, in a
Read(B2) Concern in the European Parliament for Kazakhstan • EADS production in Poland (details) • Belgrade-Pristina dialogue • Hearing of E. Snowden in the European Parliament • Space policy (report to the European Parliament) Concern for
Read(BRUSSELS2) British Defense Minister Philip Hammond made a point of specifying on Tuesday (January 29) the nature of the British commitment in Mali, whether in support of the French operation Serval, for the mission
Read(BRUSSELS2 to Paris) The “Serval” operation to secure Mali, initiated by France, includes at least four elements of action. The first element is the presence of important vectors of intelligence, which made it possible to follow
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(BRUXELLES2) Is the United Kingdom still capable of its shores in the near future. We can doubt it if we read carefully the report just published by the Defense Committee of the House of Commons. THE
Read(B2) The A400M program – the European military transport aircraft – is not short of twists and turns. But it is an essential point not only for European defense and cooperation between allies but also for the
ReadThe 27 Foreign Ministers must adopt, on Monday, the implementing regulation on reinforced sanctions against Iran (*), the principle of which was decided at the European summit last June (1) and set out in
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