Defence, diplomacy, crises, powers
(B2) The subject of “defence and security” is becoming a fairly consensual subject for Europeans. The European Council on Thursday (22 June) demonstrated this. The discussion between Europeans on the “security and defence” chapter ended a
Read(B2) Very clearly, the 28 Heads of State and Government should decide, Thursday, June 22, to officially launch the Permanent Structured Cooperation (PESCO), according to the draft conclusions seen by B2 (1). A
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(B2) As Emmanuel Macron comes to Brussels for his first Summit, that of NATO with Donald Trump, it is interesting to look back on his campaign promises. Because the French president should, very
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(B2) Meeting in Brussels on Thursday (18 May), the Ministers of Defense of the 28 drew up a list of the tasks which remained to be accomplished and thus gave a mandate to Federica Mogherini to
Read(B2 – exclusive) The work on Permanent Structured Cooperation has not really progressed. The Member States are still far from having a common opinion on what this cooperation should be. The discussion during
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(B2 in Strasbourg) Increasing defense cooperation in the European Union depends more on the political will of Member States than on legal considerations, underline MEPs in a report adopted in plenary this
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(B2) The results on the common security and defense policy achieved at the Council of Ministers in jumbo format (Foreign Affairs and Defence) were welcomed by a number of ministers present (*). But ministers
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(B2) Le président français François Hollande en est persuadé, « l’Europe peut se relancer par la défense » a-t-il confié dans une interview à plusieurs quotidiens européens (1). Cette priorité est nécessaire « à la
Read(B2) The last paper submitted by the EEAS to the Member States failed to generate unanimity around the table. According to our elements, if we went around the table, there wouldn't even be
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(B2) The draft report, written by Esteban González Pons and Michael Gahler (PPE), which should be adopted at the next plenary, calls for real changes, advocating providing the CSDP with real resources,
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(B2) Between the idea of having a determined vanguard nucleus — which was all the same the initial objective of Permanent Structured Cooperation (PSC) — and the need to take into account the will of most
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(B2 – exclusive) Delivered with forceps, the conclusions that should be approved by EU ministers (Foreign Affairs / Defence) on security and defense policy must define — according to what we
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(B2) The Finnish Ministers of Foreign Affairs, Timo Soini, and of Defence, Jussi Niinistö, are expected at the EU ministerial meeting on November 14 to defend a certain ambition for foreign and
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(B2) “The current crisis can give the European Union the opportunity to improve its functioning. It is from this observation that the MEPs start to ask the Member States to take "ambitious decisions" to strengthen the security policy.
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(B2 – exclusive) The informal meeting of EU Defense Ministers in Bratislava had already given some content. Between French and Germans, joined by Italians and Spaniards, there is
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(B2, in Bratislava) After the Franco-German couple, Italy put on the table its own 'non paper' entitled “For a stronger European defence: the Italian vision”. A paper that is presented
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(B2) On the eve of the informal meeting of Defense Ministers in Bratislava, Jorge Domecq, the Director of the European Defense Agency, takes stock of the various projects underway, in particular the
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(B2 in Strasbourg) Jean-Claude Juncker wanted to make Europe political. Thing promised, thing due. In his State of the Union address to the European Parliament, the President of the European Commission wanted to illustrate this
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(B2) A few days before the Bratislava summit at 27, Paris and Berlin draw up their defense proposals in a joint paper. Written by the two French Ministers of Defense (Jean-Yves Le
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