Defence, diplomacy, crises, powers
(B2) This is the first act signed by the Belgian presidency of the EU. The European Union decided on Thursday (4 January) to lift some of the individual measures on the EU blacklist. Decision
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(B2) The Foreign Ministers of the 27 are keen to remain at the forefront of the international scene in the management of the post-crisis in Gaza, with a fourth meeting in less than six weeks
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(B2) The joy of the Slovenian representatives at the news of their election as a member of the United Nations Security Council for two years reminds us how essential this body is for the diplomacy of the
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(B2) The defeat of the social democrat Sanna Marin in the legislative elections this weekend is perhaps good news for NATO. She would make her available to occupy the post of general secretary succeeding her Norwegian comrade.
Read(B2) The notification obligation on the supply of arms is reduced. Those responsible for improvised explosive devices may also be blacklisted. A very late transposition of an international resolution. One more argument to Africans who
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(B2) The French Presidency (of the Council) of the European Union was solemnly launched from the Élysée Palace by a beaming Emmanuel Macron. With ministers at attention. And a room (including journalists) that gets up on arrival
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(B2) Disinformation, hybrid threats, cyber, space… The range of new conflicts is unfolding. Just like the accessibility of new technologies to spread them. Complex and striking. This weekend's news sheds some light on this © Confidential ©
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(B2) The announced end of Operation Barkhane, shortly before the NATO summit, does not mean the departure of French troops from Mali. Simply the third transformation of the operation started in 2013 under the
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(B2) Another hard blow for the Frontex agency. This time it is the European Court of Auditors. The words are harsh: insufficient, unprepared, opaque, the European corps of border guards suffers from youthful defects which have not
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(B2) The discussion between the Ministers of Foreign Affairs on Monday (22.02) was dense and detailed, notably on Russia as with the US Secretary of State. To the point that not all the planned subjects could
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(B2) The arrival of the Biden administration is heating up tempers. On two hot issues - the Iranian nuclear or the Middle East - the Europeans are hoping for a radical turnaround quickly, crossing their fingers for a few days
Read(B2) Ankara never stops putting pressure on the Europeans. The reopening of Varosha as well as the dispatch of new drilling vessels to the Greek and Cypriot areas is annoying. Europeans do not seem
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(B2) The situation in the eastern Mediterranean is easing, with more soothing words in Ankara in favor of dialogue as in Athens. The organization of the European summit, opportunely postponed to next week due to a
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(B2) The Coreper II meetings restart this Wednesday with on the menu the preparation of the EU-Ukraine summit scheduled for 1 October and a progress report on the negotiation of the details of the recovery plan and
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(B2) The summer break was far from calm: explosion in the port of Beirut, events in Belarus, tensions in the eastern Mediterranean, coup in Mali. To the point of causing cascading meetings
Read(B2) The UN Security Council on Tuesday (July 28) approved a significant easing of the arms embargo on the Central African Republic. Unanimously, but with some grumbling This Central African request relayed by the
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(B2) The week ends with a final highlight: the European summit. And on its agenda, a file repeatedly put away, the next multiannual financial framework (MFF). Heads of State and
Read(B2) The Iranian nuclear agreement has provided for a particular, ad hoc mode of dispute settlement which ranges from referral to the joint commission of the agreement to the UN Security Council (UNSC)
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(B2) The decision is under discussion within the European Union: to ease the arms embargo on the Central African Republic (CAR). It should not, normally, give rise to a great debate. She follows
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