Defence, diplomacy, crises, powers
(B2 – exclusive) The adoption of the security and defense conclusions scheduled to coincide with the end of the defense ministerial meeting has been delayed. If the term 'strategic autonomy' no longer makes much
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(B2) The European Defense Agency should not see its budget increased in 2020. At least until the situation on Brexit is consumed A few days before the meeting of the steering committee
Read(B2 – exclusive) The discussion on the association of third countries — in particular the Americans or, in the future, the British — to permanent structured cooperation (PESCO) is far from over. COREPER ambassadors
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(B2 – Exclusive) The European Parliament must validate in April the agreement reached with the Council on the European Defense Fund (EDF) on February 19, at the end of a third trialogue. But in the hallways the battle is
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(B2) In his State of the Union address on Wednesday (12 September), Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker did more than lay out proposals, the latest from this Commission (read: Juncker : his (latest) proposals
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(B2) An agreement seems within reach, well almost… on five of the seven texts proposed by the European Commission in May and July 2016, in order to reform the Common European Asylum System (CEAS). THE
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(B2) The reform of the Dublin regulation, on the determination of the State responsible for the asylum request, acts as a cactus placed on the table of the European Union. Ministers are struggling to reach an agreement.
Read(B2 – exclusive) The trilogue convened on 22 May should reach agreement on most points of the draft European Defense Industrial Development Program (EDIDP)
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(B2) The European Union finally did not formally approve the military strikes carried out by the Allies on the night of April 13 to 14 on several suspected Syrian chemical sites. This reluctance to formally endorse
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(B2) The representatives of the 28 Member States ended up finding, on Friday (27 October), within Coreper, a compromise between the presidency and the European Parliament on CBSD (building capacities for
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(B2) Everyone could believe that the point on the MPCC, the mini-HQ intended to conduct military missions, was settled. Above all, there seemed to be only technical points left to adjust. It has not happened. Pass
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(B2) The interior ministers of the '28' are expected on Thursday (10 March) to reach a provisional political agreement on the creation of a European corps of border guards. A partial agreement was thus obtained at the
Read(B2) The 28 Foreign Ministers should, on February 15, decide on the rest of the restrictive measures to be adopted for Belarus. By October, the 28 had suspended most individual measures, except
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