Defence, diplomacy, crises, powers
(B2) After revealing and thwarting an action on its soil by the Iranian intelligence services, Denmark wants new sanctions against Tehran. This is the position that his Minister of Foreign Affairs should (re)affirm
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(B2) Recently published: A country can impose the success of an integration test to validate family reunification France removes the indicator on European research cooperation. So bad ? (blog) Barnier at the
Read(B2) Recently published: European Intervention Initiative: It can't hurt, according to the military (A. Billon-Galland) (blog) The French on-call duty at the 2019 battlegroup is preparing Beware of stalling, warns Pascal
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(B2) The visit of the French president to Denmark on Tuesday and Wednesday (August 28 and 29) was an opportunity for the two countries to reaffirm their conviction in European defence. A particularly important gesture
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(B2 – exclusive) Dane Peter Sørensen, currently head of the EU delegation to the United Nations in Geneva, could be appointed to head the Political and Security Committee (PSC), to succeed
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(B2) Belgium, the Netherlands and Denmark have decided to set up a joint command structure for special forces. The three Belgian (Steven Vandeput), Dutch (Ank Bijleveld) and
Read(B2) Recently published: The Spanish government formed: the new names to know in the sovereign ministries On the agenda of the ministerial defense (June 7 and 8, 2018). NATO strengthens its military structure ©
Read(B2) Recently published: The new Italian government wants to review foreign policy in the light of its national interest Faced with Trump's threats, Europe retaliates and launches a process of blocking US sanctions
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(B2) A Dane has been appointed head of the European Union monitoring mission in Georgia, EUMM Georgia. A Danish diplomat, Erik Høeg was already the deputy head of
Read(B2) The number of Member States which have subscribed to the Permanent Structured Cooperation (PESCO) should normally increase from 23 (1) to 25. Portugal and Ireland were to join this cooperation. So it should be the
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(B2) The Defense Ministers of three countries (Finland, Hungary and the United Kingdom) signed, on the sidelines of the NATO ministerial meeting on Thursday 9 November, a MoU (arrangement) to join the project initiated by
Read(B2) Recently published: Venezuela. The Europeans are waving the "sanctions" stick The French strategy magazine published Défense. The European Council will welcome the progress… no more (draft conclusions) On the agenda of the Business Council
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(B2) Recently published: Special NATO meeting (25 May 2017): above all an EU-US face-to-face When Macron snubs Donald Trump and cheers up Angela Merkel (blog) Cooperation between the EU and NATO (Quezako sheet)
Read(B2) Recently published: A final agreement on the mini EU military HQ (MPCC) On the way to a defense financing mechanism (CFM) The 28 are impatient for the CBSD Green light
Read(B2) Recently published: SatCen, one of the EU's rare intelligence tools (Pascal Legai) At the heart of European satellite intelligence, SatCen (blog) Weapons on board a Libyan ship. A first entry for
Read(B2) Recently published: Estonia: French and British deploy (blog) The EU reaffirms its support for the renewal of Monusco Two visions of the CBSD oppose the European Parliament Yemen on the edge of the
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(B2) Three NATO countries have decided to strengthen their defense cooperation by reaching an agreement to explore the possibility of creating a multinational command of special operations forces that would enter
Read(B2) Recently published: The civilian mission to strengthen airport structures “EUAVSEC South Sudan” (file) (quezako) Fillon advocates a European defense alliance and a dialogue with Russia Hollande, President of Europe.
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(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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