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Notebook (24.11.2017). PESCO (legal obstacle, number). Rafale F-16 (institutional question, deadline). France-Poland (Macron-Sydlo). Belgium-Luxembourg (cooperation). Rafale/F-16 (constraints, agenda). EU-Kosovo (thunderstorm). Burma-Bangladesh (Rohinghas). Zimbabwe (resignation). EU-African Union (preparations). Mladic (conviction).…

(B2) Recently published: A Portuguese will take the helm of EUTM RCA The PESCO “playlist”. In preview EULEX Kosovo protests against the indictment of its judges Can Europe continue to finance

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Notebook (12.09.2017). Zapad exercise. EUTM Mali (Belgian contribution). Recruitment (EUCAP Sahel Niger, EUPOL Copps). Sanctions (Russia-Ukraine, Mali, North Korea). COPS (calendar). Ukraine (minorities). CFSP (Angela Merkel). Corruption (report). Space…

(B2) Recently published: Venezuela. An options paper requested. Penalties under review? The situation in the Gulf of Guinea: still worrying, according to a European report The working methods of ministers in

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Patrouille de la force Barkhane au nord du Niger dans la passe de Salvador (crédit : DICOD / EMA décembre 2015 archives B2 )
Business NewsMissions Operations

Italians and Germans request a mission on the Niger – Libya border line (V3)

(B2) Face à la crise des réfugiés qui devient prégnante et à la crainte d’arrivée en nombre de migrants et réfugiés, les ministres de l’Intérieur allemand et italien, Thomas de Maizière et Marco Minniti, ont pris

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Viktor Orbán at the plenary of the European Parliament (credit: EP /Dominique Hommel 26 April 2017)
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[Verbatim] Orban defends himself from the accusations… The Central European University has not (yet) been assassinated

(B2) “I am here to defend my country. The Hungarian Prime Minister invited himself to the plenary of the European Parliament, this Wednesday, April 26, to respond to European criticism of the situation of fundamental rights in Hungary.

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