Defence, diplomacy, crises, powers
(B2) The European Council of April 17 and 18 gave rise to a double exercise, first on external relations, with a dinner devoted to Ukraine, the Middle East and Turkey, and a whole
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(B2) The summer break was far from calm: explosion in the port of Beirut, events in Belarus, tensions in the eastern Mediterranean, coup in Mali. To the point of causing cascading meetings
Read(B2) The 28 finally succeeded in adopting conclusions on Iran. The Europeans want - at the same time as dubbing the special debt fund (SPV) - to send a double message to Iran: to salute
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(B2) In a live address from the White House, US President Donald Trump delivered a combat speech against Iran. Taking up all the criticism against Iran, he then attacked a
Read(B2) Recently published: (blog) Caribbean. French, Dutch and British join forces. Finally ! Cybersecurity, a stated priority for the Commission Federica Mogherini, mid-term review: not as exciting as when it started
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(B2) The European Union decided on Thursday (22 December) to add three names to its anti-terrorist blacklist, originally established after the attacks of September 11, 2001. A decision established by written procedure, considering
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(B2) Recently published: French and British want to go further on their defense projects. And not only on the N°33 drones. The CSDP in 2016 The Islamic State group in Iraq and
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(B2) “The right of return, this dream of the Palestinians, represents 98,9% of the conflict. Without a Palestinian leader strong and courageous enough to understand this and drop this demand, peace is not possible. »
Read(B2) Released in the last few hours: An extra effort for defense in Sweden Ukraine. A joint declaration in Geneva at the very least Europe's security: in Africa! (Pierre Vimont) The EU intends to continue
Read(BRUSSELS2) For Ahmad Al Jarba, President of the Syrian National Coalition (CNS), who was in the European Parliament on Tuesday 18 March, “the revolution broke out three years ago on 18 March. But
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(BRUSSELS2) Most of the foreign ministers of the European Union, at the end of Monday's meeting, commented on the inclusion of the armed wing of Hezbollah on the anti-terrorist list, according to a joint message
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(BRUSSELS2) The European Union decided today (22 July) to freeze the assets of Hezbollah's armed wing by placing them on the EU's counter-terrorism list. The decision was taken at the level of
Read(BRUSSELS2) The inclusion of Hezbollah's armed wing on the European Union's anti-terrorist list will be the main issue at the last Foreign Affairs Council before the summer. If there seems to be "a certain convergence" in favor of
Read(BRUXELLES2, exclusive) The question of the registration of Hezbollah, the military wing, should be on the agenda of the next Council of Foreign Ministers, on 22 July. This at the request of a Member State,
Read(BRUSSELS2) The Europeans do not yet really agree on the inclusion of the armed wing of Hezbollah on an anti-terrorist list. Discussions failed Two meetings were held at working group level
Read(BRUSSELS2) The 27 experts from CP 931 – the committee in charge of monitoring sanctions on anti-terrorist groups (*) – worked on Tuesday (June 4) on the registration of the armed wing of Hezbollah. None
Read(BRUSSELS2) “I will say frankly that I am a bit disappointed,” declared Vladimir Chizhov, Russian Ambassador to the EU on Tuesday 28 May. In front of the journalists (including B2), he made a harsh judgment on
Read(BRUSSELS2) Reluctant to include Hezbollah – more precisely the armed wing of the Lebanese movement – on the list of terrorist organisations, France has announced a change in its position. As recalled
Read(BRUSSELS2) Bulgaria does not intend to initiate a procedure to include Hezbollah on the list of anti-terrorist organisations, the new Bulgarian Prime Minister stressed according to Bulgarian media on Saturday (March 16). " We
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