Defence, diplomacy, crises, powers
(B2) Recently published: A failure in the management of the Syrian crisis? (Holland) American support will not last forever, Europe must increase its defense cooperation (Merkel) On the agenda of the Council of
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(B2) Prime Minister Mark Rutte could come and present, on Thursday (20 October), before his European counterparts, meeting in Brussels, two options for breaking the deadlock that arose on 6 April last from the Dutch's refusal to
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(B2) In Bratislava, before the Ministers of Foreign Affairs and parliamentarians, in Brussels, before the heads of EU delegations, Federica Mogherini hammered home the same message: we now need an "impetus
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(B2) Like some other European countries, France benefited in 2016 from an increase in its Defense budget, with 600 million euros more than what had been forecast in 2013,
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(B2) For Jolyon Howorth, “the United States are fed up” and are tempted “to leave Europe on its own”. In an exclusive interview with B2, who is undoubtedly one of the oldest
Read(B2) Recently published: N°34. Europe in the face of the crisis in Libya The decision for international intervention rests with the Libyan government The new concept on command and control in EU operations Terrorism.
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(B2) French political language is changing. Until now, the French government preferred to refer to the organization of the Islamic State (ISIL) by its Arabic acronym “Daesh” denying the presence of a state and even its name. Today it seems
Read(B2) European Union defense ministers are expected to lay on the baptismal font on Tuesday (November 17) three new experimental military cooperation projects. Projects entrusted to the European Defense Agency which will be launched
Read(B2) Published in recent days: A new government in Poland. The 'hardliners' of the PiS regain power The summit of Valletta: a facade of unity for deeper differences? Texts and comments
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(BRUSSELS2) Despite a summit reduced to the minimum, some Europeans are not giving up on the construction of a European defence. Three EU defense ministers, members of the Liberals and Democrats group
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(BRUSSELS2) Projects carried out at European level within the European Defense Agency (EDA) could now benefit from a VAT exemption. Member States seem to be more or less in agreement on this point. So far,
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(BRUSSELS2) During a meeting in “Weimar” format, Monday (March 30), near Potsdam, at the Henning-von-Tresckow barracks, the three Defense Ministers — Frenchman Jean-Yves Le Drian, German Ursula von der Leyen, the
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(B2) Les Ministres de la défense nordiques (Danemark, Finlande, Islande, Norvège et Suède) ont signé, le 10 mars, un accord actualisé sur la coopération en matière d’équipements de défense. Cet accord actualise le précédent en
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(BRUSSELS2) Finally, three countries — the Netherlands, Poland and Norway — have decided to launch negotiations with the company Airbus Defense & Space for the acquisition of a fleet of multirole transport aircraft and
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(BRUSSELS2) According to all the participants, the meeting of the NATO-Russia Council – which took place this Wednesday (March 5) at the end of the day – did not go “as expected,
Read(BRUSSELS2) The exceptional meeting of NATO ambassadors, convened this Sunday on Ukraine, ended at 18 p.m., after intense discussions on the content of the final declaration, and almost 3 hours late
Read(BRUSSELS2) During his visit, which begins today in Mali (Bamako this Monday evening and Gao on Tuesday with a New Year's party with the troops) and will continue on Wednesday in Niger and Chad, the
Read(BRUSSELS2 to NATO) The German Defense Minister, De Maizière, for whom this is the last appearance at NATO as minister (he received his resignation the very evening of the meeting), presented to
Read(BRUSSELS2) A detachment of instructors will be sent to the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) to assist the Congolese soldiers. The Belgian Council of Ministers decided on Friday 1 March to organize a Coach the
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