Defence, diplomacy, crises, powers
(B2 in Paris) The speech on nuclear deterrence is a classic of the presidential function. Emmanuel Macron did not miss it this Friday (February 7). The main principles of French nuclear doctrine are
Read(B2) Meeting in Pau, Emmanuel Macron and his G5 Sahel counterparts (Mali, Niger, Burkina Faso, Chad and Mauritania) redefined their strategy in the fight against terrorism in the Sahel, to move towards
Read(B2) This Thursday (December 12), before their counterparts in the European Council, Emmanuel Macron and Angela Merkel will not arrive completely empty-handed before their counterparts in the European Council. The meeting in Paris, in
Read(B2) Appearance is saved. The Heads of State and Government of the Atlantic Alliance gathered in London were able to celebrate the organization's 70th anniversary. Behind the scenes, however, the party is clouded by disagreements. Is it necessary
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(B2) Recently published: (blog) Transfer of power to the European Council. Donald Tusk gives the keys to Charles Michel (exclusive) The future European maritime operation in the Strait of Hormuz. Framework, format, tempo, legal basis… Details Commission
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(B2 – exclusive) The report on 'a Common Security and Defense Union', submitted in March to Emmanuel Macron and not yet published, is interesting. Written by Louis Gautier, former Secretary General of the
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(B2) No quantified announcement following the first political discussion between European leaders meeting at the summit on the Union's long-term budget. But that was not the goal. However, everyone knows
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(B2 at the European Council) Two days after the failure of ministers to agree on the opening of accession negotiations with North Macedonia and Albania, the leaders of the 28 meeting at the summit have not
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(B2) The Toulouse declaration, published at the end of a summit and a Franco-German ministerial council, this Wednesday (October 16), gives pride of place to defense and space. Without being as precise as expected, fault
Read(B2) The Commissioner-designate for the Internal Market, Industry and Defence, Sylvie Goulard, has just finished her pensum. 58 pages of answers, in English, which come to justify its capacities, its policy and its
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(B2) As much as the first written questionnaire sent to Sylvie Goulard was rather conventional and abstract, the one sent after a failed hearing on Friday (October 4) is precise and disturbing. The French will have to answer
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(B2 in Paris) Emmanuel Macron met with French diplomats on the occasion of the opening of the traditional Conference of Ambassadors and Ambassadors, this Tuesday, August 27. Militant for a France "power of balance", which
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(B2) "Faced with the extension, the expansion of the terrorist phenomenon", a new initiative was launched at the G7 in Biarritz by the Franco-German couple: the Partnership for Security and Stability in the Sahel,
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(B2) “The road is difficult. But it's worth a try. It was in these terms that the Iranian Foreign Minister left Biarritz on Sunday (August 25) after discussions with
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(B2) For her first trip abroad, the designated Presidency of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, chose Paris for a working lunch with the French President "A new page opens
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(B2 at Justus Lipsius) The meeting got off to a bad start, several hours behind schedule on Sunday evening (June 30). As a witness to last-minute consultations and the difficulties in reaching an agreement, this
Read(B2 to Justus Lipsius) The failure of European leaders, who met for a summit in Brussels on 20 and 21 June, to find the right personality to replace Jean-Claude Juncker at the head of the Commission will not have
Read(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 in Sibiu) The leaders of the 27 met in the small Romanian town of Sibiu on Thursday (9 May) to draw the lines of the future of the European Union. Not wanting to make one
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