Defence, diplomacy, crises, powers
(B2) The French President announced on Thursday (June 10) his intention to put an end to the French operation in Mali (Barkhane) and to replace it with a multinational operation dedicated to the fight against terrorism The conference
Read(B2) The news of a new coup in Mali does not really delight Europeans and Africans. He is firmly condemned. But past the emotion of the moment, reason seems to prevail. The strong man of the regime, the
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(B2) The army must “renounce its action” say the 27 EU foreign ministers. In their conclusions, they ask Josep Borrell to prepare a list of measures that can be
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(B2) France intends to make the N'Djamena summit on Monday and Tuesday a key moment in European mobilization for the Sahel. By operating a political and military turning point, with its allies © Confidential ©
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(B2) The head of European diplomacy, Josep Borrell, is today visiting Russia. A politically complicated trip, in a tense atmosphere after the prison sentence of Putin's number 1 opponent ©
Read(B2) Europeans clearly condemn military-sponsored coup in Burma Military arrested government leader Aung San Suu Kyi, President Win Myint and other officials on Monday (1.02)
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(B2) Between Syrians, dialogue is still struggling to establish itself in Geneva. Almost ten years after the start of the civil conflict, the subject is back on the table of European ambassadors © Confidential © On the agenda
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(B2) The trip at the end of the week of the head of European diplomacy to Ethiopia, headquarters of the Organization of African Unity, will certainly help the preparation of the summit, postponed to 2021 © Confidential © On the PSC agenda.
Read(B2 in Berlin – exclusive) Very committed to Mali, Estonia occupies a special place in the European panorama. Naturally our conversation with his Minister of Defense focused on this subject. But also
Read(B2 in Berlin) EU Defense Ministers had some sensitive issues on their desks. François Bausch, Minister of Defense of Luxembourg, gives B2 his impressions Le premier point
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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
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(B2) Recently published: A commission of experts to reflect on the future of NATO proposes the German Heiko Maas. A way to fill the political vacuum On the agenda of the NATO Foreign Ministerial meeting
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(B2 at Eurosatory) With around sixty exhibitors, Turkey was massively represented at the Paris land armaments fair. That's almost as much as the UK (88) and far more than Spain (24) or Italy (48).
Read(B2) Although it has been going on for decades, the Rohingya crisis has only recently become a concern for Europeans. Europe's desire to restore normal relations with Burma
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(B2) The European Parliament expressly calls for the "formal and immediate" suspension of accession negotiations with Turkey "if the proposed changes to the Constitution, contrary to the values of the European Union, are adopted
Read(B2) The European authorities know far more about the ins and outs of the military coup against power, perpetrated in July, than they officially say. A report from the IntCen — the service
Read(B2) EU Foreign Affairs and Defense Ministers meet on Monday (14) and Tuesday (15) November for their traditional semi-annual meeting, partly joint. Previously, they will have had an informal dinner,
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(B2) The Europeans condemned in very strong terms the coup d'etat which took place in Turkey on the night of Friday to Saturday (July 15/16). But they also wanted to remind the Turkish power and
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(B2) Ministers met on Monday (July 18) for their last meeting before the summer break with an agenda devoted in part to Latin America, China, migration and strategy
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