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Jean-Claude Juncker

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Notebook (24.02.2017). EUTM Somalia (Germany). Defense (Juncker). EUSR (extension). Afghanistan (Mellbin). EUSR Bosnia (budget). Somalia (security). Ukraine (OSCE). Guinea-Bissau (BINUGBIS). Yemen (sanctions monitoring). Drones (simulator). Slovenia (transport hub). Scalp/Storm Shadow…

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(B2) Recently published: The A400M weighs down Airbus. The engines involved says Enders. New negotiations to come Short meeting of the alert mechanism in Gali with Abkhazia (blog) CARD: a coordinated annual defense review.

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Notebook (22.02.2017). Atalanta (leader of the force). EUCAP Somalia (budget). CSDP missions (budget). Jumbo Defense. Libya (mapping). CAF (calendar). COPS (calendar). Belarus (penalties). Russia (meeting). Cyprus (negotiations). RCA (violence). Gambia…

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(B2) Recently published: What to remember from Munich 2017 Pence reassures Brussels: the USA is determined to continue cooperation with the EU France and Spain set out a four-point ambition for the

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Notebook (15.02.2017/XNUMX/XNUMX). EU intelligence. Space (draft conclusions). EEAS (moving). COPS (diary). EUPOL Copps (report). EU-Afghanistan (agreement). Sanctions Ukraine/Tunisia (third country). Timor Leste (MOE). Afghanistan (Regrets). North Korea (missiles).…

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(B2) Recently published: Canada's participation in the CSDP at the heart of the strategic partnership agreement American words expected at the meeting of NATO Defense Ministers (15 and 16

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Donald Reagan greeting a certain Donald Trump a few years ago... (credit: Donald Trump)
Business NewsDoctrine EU PolicyNeighborhood enlargementEurope TürkiyeNATO

[Verbatim] NATO obsolete, EU too German, Brexit a good thing… The Trump festival continues

Nicolas Gros Verheyde 10 min read

(B2) Faced with the remarks of the almost American President Donald Trump in an interview with the Times and the Bild (see box), the Europeans wanted to display a certain stoicism. But this apparent tranquility badly hides a

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Notebook (19.12.2016). EUCAP Sahel Mali (extension). EUNAVFOR Sophia & Ong (Credendino) Eupol Afghanistan (closure). Russia sanctions (extension). South Sudan (Minuss/sanctions). WMD (threats). Spain (fiscal consolidation). Estonia (target: 2%).…

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(B2) Recently published: A look back at the 1986 demonstrations and the death of Malik Oussekine (blog) The main changes in the “Defence” conclusions of the Summit (under the magnifying glass) Belgium. More than 1000 positions opened in 2017…

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Jean-Claude Juncker, Robert Fico (Slovakia) and Donald Tusk, upon their arrival at the European Council, Thursday 15 December (Credit: consilium)
Business NewsEU defense (doctrine)

[Verbatim] The speeches of the 28 on European defense

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(B2) Despite the news centered on Syria, security and defense were at the heart of the declarations of the 28 Heads of State and Government, gathered in Brussels for the last summit of the year, Thursday 15 December. Redouble the efforts (Donald

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Notebook (14.12.2016). EUCAP Sahel Mali / EUMM Georgia (head of mission). COPS (calendar). Belgrade-Pristina (Justice). Denmark (Daesh). Manul (extension). France (terrestrial future). Finland (42.7). Aleppo (civilians). Türkiye (attack/state of emergency). Forehead…

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(B2) Recently published: The European Parliament wants to strengthen the EU's deterrence capabilities – Brok report A turning point in European defense policy (Analysis) (blog) The conduct of operations: a missing piece

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Julian King with the Air and Border Police team at Gare du Nord in Paris (Credit: Julian King / FCO)
Business NewsEU InstitutionsPolice Terrorism

Briton Julian King appointed European Commissioner for the fight against terrorism (Security Union)

Nicolas Gros Verheyde 7 min read

(B2) The President of the European Commission, Jean-Claude Juncker, took a few hours longer than planned (1) to announce the portfolio entrusted to the new British Commissioner, Julian King. But it has

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Notebook (05.07.2016). Committee (calendar). Informal Interior (Agenda). Border Guard (provisional). Terrorism (report) Georgia/Moldova (association agreement). M51 test (France). Raytheon contract (Poland). EU-US Mini-Summit (Warsaw). Leaks (Breedlove). Afghanistan (Auštrevičius). Brexit (officials). Austria…

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(B2) Recently published: We must imagine new financing for defense (Barnier)* When the British loved Europe… to place their agents The military structures of the Alliance (sheet)* The Commander-in-Chief of NATO

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Notebook (14.06.2016). EEAS (board). COPS (displacement). NATO (Sga intelligence). Eunavfor Med (UN resolution). Libya (NATO). France (promotion). Sweden (United Kingdom cooperation). Orlando (attack). Middle East (denuclearization). Nuclear Tests (Treatise). MI6 (Belhaj). Deal…

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(B2) Recently released: Go East! NATO deploys 4 battalions to its eastern borders On the agenda of the Foreign Affairs Council, June 20 The reform of crisis management structures at the EEAS

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