Defence, diplomacy, crises, powers
(B2) The European Commission announced on Monday (15 June) the allocation of the first grants under the two precursor programs of a European Defense Fund. PESCO projects take the lead
Read(B2) The European Defense Fund translates the ambition of Europeans to develop their defense industry. This is the first time that European funding has this objective. It entered into force retroactively on January 1.
Read(B2) The European Commission launched this Monday (6 April) the second wave of calls for defense research and development proposals (EDIDP) and announced that it had selected seven new research projects for the
Read(B2 – exclusive) The examination of the first call for proposals of the European Defense Program (EDIDP) is taking a little longer than expected. The European Commission intends to pass what is a 'crash-test' of the
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(B2) Recently published: (blog) In the crisis room of the European Union, at the time of the Coronavirus (exclusive) A Polish diplomat succeeds the head of a Danish diplomat at the head of EUMM Georgia (decryption ) There
Read(B2) If the fate of the European Defense Industrial Development Program (EDIDP) is unfolding without too much of a hitch, according to one of its managers, the same is not true of the future European Fund
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(B2) Recently released: Rovana Plumb and Laszlo Trocsanyi are in the same boat. Who will fall in the water? Operation Sophia extended for six months, still without naval means (exclusive) The Ministers of the Interior of
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(B2) Seven European countries (Estonia, France, Germany, Finland, Latvia, Spain, Belgium) have signed an agreement to develop a land robot, the Estonian Ministry of Defense announced on August 23 (1). THE
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(B2) In its budget proposal for next year, presented on Wednesday (5 June), the European Commission emphasizes security, particularly at borders. Along with competitiveness and the climate, it is one of the three
Read(B2) As announced, the European Commission has just published this Thursday (April 4) the first calls for proposals under the European Defense Industrial Development Program (EDIDP or PEDID). The call to
Read(B2) The nine calls for proposals for the new defense industrial development program (EDIDP or PEDID) will be launched on Thursday (4 April), a European Commission official announced on Tuesday (2 April).
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(B2) The European Union has put in place a framework for the screening of foreign direct investments, for reasons of security and public order. Filtering that concerns defense and constitutes a small revolution
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(B2) The European Commission presented this Tuesday midday (19 March) the work program of the new program to strengthen the defense industry (EDIDP), as the last part of the Defense Preparatory Action A
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(B2 in Strasbourg) Vice-President Jyrki Katainen and Commissioner Elzbieta Bienkowska briefed their colleagues at the European Commission on Tuesday (12 February) on progress in the European defense industry and
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(B2) Investments by emerging countries in so-called strategic sectors are worrying. Member States and European Parliament reach agreement on draft regulation establishing a framework for investment screening
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(B2 – exclusive) As the European Defense Fund is about to emerge from the baptismal font, Internal Market and Industry Commissioner Elżbieta Bieńkowska rejects any accusation of protectionism
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(B2 in Paris) Which way? Françoise Grossetête *, European Parliament rapporteur on the EDIDP, looks back on the real race against time which seized the MEPs to complete the
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(B2 – exclusive) The European Defense Industrial Development Program (EDIDP) is due for final adoption normally on Monday (July 16). The text is finalized The Coreper ambassadors must,
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(B2) Recently published: (exclusive) Unified Vision 2018: NATO continues its combined intelligence efforts (blog) The Alliance, NATO's research vessel, tests underwater drones in the Far North (blog) 19 Romanian policemen
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