Defence, diplomacy, crises, powers
(B2) Stop sanctions and resolutions! Putin must be pursued and harassed for what he is: the head of a mafia criminal organization, demands the widow of Alexei Navalny in her message to Europe, since
Read(B2) The Commission proposes to strengthen the transparency of interest representation activities carried out on behalf of third countries with a view to influencing policies, decision-making and the democratic space in all
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(B2) Relegated to forgotten conflicts, Sudan silently endures intense violence, to the point that the European Union is now speaking of a risk of genocide in Darfur. Everyone remembers a similar period in
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(B2) A proposal from the Spanish Presidency of the Council will be examined by the 27 at the next Foreign Affairs Council on November 13. The EU sanctions regime against Venezuela (embargo
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(B2) Democratic resilience and enlargement. This is what conditions the future of Europe, for its security and prosperity, explained Czech President Petr Pavel in a plea in Strasbourg. Frankly pro-European. Former president
Read(B2) Meeting in Toledo, the foreign ministers quickly discussed the situation in Gabon. The military coup is condemned. But with a lot of extenuating circumstances. The Bongo regime not being
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(B2) “A new chapter” is opening in relations between the European Union and Tunisia, enthuses the European Commission. A feeling that is far from being shared in the European Parliament. At the heart of the discord, the
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(B2) Three new cases of human rights violations were reported at this March session. With almost unanimity to condemn those responsible for the poisoning of young Iranian girls. These situations have
Read(B2) The war against Ukraine, Tunisia and its battered democracy, the situation in Iran, relations with the Global South are on the menu of the Foreign Affairs meeting. The strategic compass and above all
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(B2) The High Representative who is on all fronts (Balkans, Russia, Ukraine, Latin America…) is under fire from cross criticism this week. His words, sometimes free, follow winding paths, enriched with allegories and
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(B2) For Zuzana Čaputová, the defense of democratic values must be the battle of battles. To be carried out both outside and inside the European Union. The Slovak president castigates the attacks of illiberals like
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(B2) The alert is signed Antoine Bondaz. Researcher specializing in China in particular. He deciphers the last military exercises of the Middle Empire on the outskirts of Taiwan, and the less flashy, but equally disturbing threats,
Read(B2) Compared to its Malian or even Chadian neighbors, Niger is a model. A democratically elected president, a state structure that is certainly not hyper-efficient but well established, and armed forces that are a priori operational.
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(B2) This is the essential response expected from this closing day of the conference on the future of Europe on Monday 9 May. Will the construction of the European Union take a new step? The leaders will receive
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(B2) The Spanish MEP recently traveled to Tunisia with three colleagues from the Foreign Affairs Committee (AFET) of the European Parliament (1). Curious at his departure, the parliamentarian returned rather pessimistic. Their mission lasted three
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(B2) The Russian invasion of Ukraine gives the European Parliament's report on foreign interference a resonance that its authors would not have imagined or desired. It only makes its findings and first
Read(B2) The countries participating in the Takuba task force have confirmed Mali's departure. Both operational and political challenges require change. This follows close consultation with the countries supporting the Takuba task force: the
Read(B2) A special committee of the European Parliament was created at the end of 2020 to raise awareness of the threats to "all democratic processes in the European Union". This initial observation takes the form of a
Read(B2) Foreign ministers on Monday (December 13) modify the legal framework of sanctions to target the perpetrators of the military junta and all those who could obstruct the democratic transition in the
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