Defence, diplomacy, crises, powers
(B2 – exclusive) The task of monitoring the activity of the Libyan coast guard and navy has been integrated into the action of Operation Sophia since the summer of 2017 (1). It currently remains carried out indirectly Four
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(B2) The monitoring of the coastguards by the EUNAVFOR Med / Sophia operation is still quite random. The 28 plan to base a few liaison officers in charge of this function directly in Tripoli. But to let go
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(B2) Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte recalled this on the sidelines of the NATO summit on Thursday (July 12). Automatic disembarkation of migrants at Italian ports no longer possible, Sophia's plan of operation
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(B2) Recently published: (blog) Succession in Barkhane The EU renews the sanctions against Russia Don't give us lessons (Mateusz Morawiecki) Trump rings the bells for Europeans. NATO in the eye of the storm?
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(B2) Italian Vice-Admiral Enrico Credendino, who has been valiantly commanding the EU operation deployed in the Mediterranean (EUNAVFOR Med / Sophia) against trafficking of all kinds from the start, has a new
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(B2) 74 areas of cooperation and 22 common member countries. Despite their very different DNA, since the Warsaw summit in 2016, everything is swimming between NATO and the EU. Finally in appearance… Upstream of the
Read(B2) The assessment of Operation Sophia in terms of controlling the arms embargo remains for the moment fairly brief if we are to believe the latest UN report. In general, the application of the embargo
Read(B2) The Council of Ministers adopted on Monday (May 14) without debate (during the Council of Ministers for General Affairs), a decision authorizing the creation of a criminal information cell (or CIC) within the operation
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(B2) In their coalition program, the 5 Star Movement (M5s) and the Northern League (Lega) focus on protecting the national interest, giving pride of place to security and
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(B2) Recently released: Chemical attack in Syria, NATO allies consult… but divided on response Salisbury attack. The OPCW confirms the nature of the product, not its origin Top 40 of the
Read(B2) Recently published: Will the practice of parachuting soon be banned in the European institutions? Varna summit: neither progress nor compromise… Selmayr affair: what the main parliamentary groups say (blog) A campaign
Read(B2) Recently published: (blog) Open Arms Sea Relief Operation. Have all the rules been followed? They said (European Council March 22-23) (blog) Eastern Ghouta, Afrin, Idlib…
Read(B2) Recently published: Two Chabab officials blacklisted by the European Union (blog) Who is the Wagner group, Putin's privates operating in Syria? (exclusive) Salisbury attack. The '28'
Read(B2 – exclusive) COPS ambassadors are due to approve this Tuesday (March 20) the establishment of a criminal intelligence unit within the European anti-trafficking operation set up in
Read(B2) Recently published: Syria. Appease the hell on earth. A “workable” ceasefire (De Mistura) (blog) Latest news from CSDP missions/operations (March 2018) (editorial) A new cold war Von der Leyen II: the
Read(B2) Recently published: The EUTM RCA mission soon to be deployed outside Bangui. The tracks of the 'review' (blog) In the Mediterranean, Sophia (EU) and Sea Guardian (NATO) talk to each other (blog) A Greek submarine
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(B2) General Mikhail Kostarakos, Chairman of the EU Military Committee, outlined, during the hearing before the European Parliament on 24 January last, the strengths and challenges facing the six missions and operations
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(B2) Recently published: Building a Defense Union, with vision and pragmatism (Donald Tusk) (blog) “Bravo for what you are doing” A delicate debate, at the top, on quotas and asylum policy (exclusive)
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(B2) The European operation in the Mediterranean to fight traffickers (EUNAVFOR Med / Sophia) will have a new leader. Italian Rear Admiral Alberto Maffeis will take over from Spaniard Javier Moreno Susanna. THE
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