Defence, diplomacy, crises, powers
(B2) Financing aid to the Palestinians, recognition of a state, demand for a ceasefire, pressure on Israel... positions between states continue to diverge. The informal meeting of EU foreign ministers in Brussels made it
Read(B2) At a time when support across the Atlantic seems to be fraying, through probes in the media, the European Ministers of Defense and Foreign Affairs wanted, in Toledo on Wednesday 30 and Thursday 31
Read(B2) Europeans are looking for the right response to the putchists to reestablish the legitimate government. Diplomacy first and foremost. By any means. With a firm political message of support for President Bazoum and
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) Twice a year, the foreign ministers of the member countries of the European Union meet informally in a “Gymnich” format to discuss the major issues of the moment. Key meeting
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(B2) Gathered in the elegant castle of Steninge, a few tens of kilometers from Stockholm, the Foreign Ministers of the 27 really needed the calm emanating from this mansion to respond to a
Read(B2) Gathered in Stockholm on Friday 12 May for their traditional bi-annual informal meeting, the Foreign Ministers of the 27 will find two key subjects on their table, prepared by the High Representative of the EU (Josep
Read(B2) The informal meeting of Defense Ministers (August 29-30) then Foreign Affairs Ministers (August 30-31) in Prague marks the return to European politics. It will be largely devoted to the conflict
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(B2) The community arms acquisition fund is THE subject. But an extremely sensitive subject. Difficult to slice. Discussions are going well behind the scenes, and among manufacturers. No white smoke is yet on the horizon.
Read(B2) Discussions on the European security architecture were at the heart of the Gymnich meeting. The 27 arrived at a common position in ten points. The High Representative has been appointed to
Read(B2) The rapid reaction force is a key, highly symbolic and concrete point of the strategic compass. Implicitly, it raises the question of the relationship with NATO. A first step seems to have been taken precisely at
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(B2) The informal meeting of Defense Ministers, on January 12-13, then of their Foreign Affairs counterparts, on January 13 and 14, in Brest, was dense and intense, marked by subjects
Read(B2) The very hard decision of the Africans of ECOWAS puts the Europeans up against the wall. Are they ready to toe that line? The ministers discussed it during the gymnich. The consensus is
Read(B2) The informal meeting of Foreign Ministers in Brest on Thursday and Friday (13 and 14 January) has a busy agenda: Russia, Ukraine, Belarus, even Kazakhstan (and in fact all of Eastern Europe),
Read(B2) The informal meetings of Ministers of Defense and Foreign Affairs in Brdo in Slovenia were dominated by a single theme: Afghanistan An agenda refocused on Afghanistan What to do after the
Read(B2 in Brdo) The Foreign Ministers agreed this Friday morning (3 September) on the conditions for engaging in relations with the new regime in power in Kabul Afghanistan was at the
Read(B2) The Ministers of Defense and Foreign Affairs will hold their back-to-school meetings, face-to-face, in Slovenia, at the Brdo site (near Ljubljana airport) on 2 and 3 September 2021
Read(B2, in Lisbon) Africa, Belarus, EU-NATO cooperation was at the heart of the informal meetings of Foreign Affairs and Defense Ministers, which were held face-to-face in Lisbon on Thursday (27) and
Read(B2 in Lisbon) The hijacking of the Ryanair Athens-Vilnius flight was at the heart of all conversations in Lisbon, whether between foreign ministers or their Defense counterparts, during
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