Defence, diplomacy, crises, powers
(B2) The informal dinner of the 28 Heads of State and Government ended on Tuesday (May 28) without firing a shot on a unanimous report. The President of the European Council, Donald Tusk, has been mandated to seek
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(B2 – exclusive) The theoretically fleeting participation of the British in the future European Parliament raises serious questions. But their possible departure poses just as much. How will this interim be organised? What will happen to
Read(B2) President of the Commission, President of the Council, High Representative, President of Parliament, are all appointed by various bodies and procedures. Explanations… The designation system at European level is unlike any
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(B2) In the debate between the two leading candidates in the European elections, the German Manfred Weber (for the EPP) and the Dutchman Frans Timmermans (for the S&D), broadcast on France 24 and
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(B2) In a long interview with the Sunday edition of the daily Die Welt, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban clarifies some of his positions on the European People's Party, his campaign against Juncker
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(B2) The renewal of European institutions is a sophisticated mechanism involving a series of actors and criteria. A single grain of sand, and the agenda is disrupted. Official … and unofficial chronology Preparations
Read(B2 – exclusive) The idea of having a full committee dedicated to defense issues in the future European Parliament is on the table. Will she be accepted? Work meetings in progress The office
Read(B2) The European Commission adopted on Wednesday (6 February) “detailed and concrete guidelines” on the conduct to be followed by members of the Commission campaigning in view of the elections to the Parliament
Read(B2 – exclusive) From the Juncker Commission, few could ultimately remain in place at the end of 2019 or 2020. Between three to six commissioners according to our informal count This count takes into account both the intentions displayed
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(B2) Six months before the European elections, the European Commission adopted, on Wednesday (5 December), an action plan to fight against disinformation. On the menu: strengthening the strategic communication structure of the
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(B2) EU heads of state and government are expected to endorse the Commission's September proposals at their summit on Thursday (18 October). “Protecting the democratic system of the Union and combating
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(B2) The elections to the European Parliament, from 23 to 26 May, are the great moment of European democracy. They trigger the renewal of European leaders, at the head of the Commission, the European Council or
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(B2 in Strasbourg) In his traditional speech on the state of the Union, this Wednesday, September 12, the President of the European Commission, Jean-Claude Juncker pleaded for the European Union, already an economic power, to make an effort
Read(B2) As expected, before MEPs, Mark Zuckerberg apologized for Facebook's failings. Cambridge Analytica scandal obliges. However, it is a particularly harsh taste that remains. The hour and a half of hearing did not make it possible to obtain any
Read(B2) Recently published: The (future) external action funding instrument on the agenda of development ministers Gardner's message to Europeans: don't negotiate a gun to your head, be yourselves
Read(B2) Recently published: Brexit. “The security interests of the Europe of 27 and Great Britain are and will be linked and convergent” (Antoine Bouvier) La Grosse Koalition defines its programme. The Bundeswehr must become
Read(B2) MEPs kicked off the campaign for 2019. Drawing the consequences of the departure of the 73 British MEPs during the next European elections, the Committee on Constitutional Affairs (AFCO) thus
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(B2) Arnaud Danjean, a specialist in defense issues, held at the Defense University in Toulon on 5 September last to dampen the natural enthusiasm a little about recent developments in the Europe of
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