Defence, diplomacy, crises, powers
(B2) Seemingly less busy, Monday's Foreign Affairs Council will address - among other topics - the heavy file of Ethiopia, ravaged in the north of the country by civil war, famine and
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(B2) The B2 team wishes you a happy new year and sends you its best wishes. We are taking advantage of this new year to test a new periodicity of the notebook, namely Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday
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(B2) Will the American decision to withdraw a few thousand soldiers from Afghanistan and Iraq be the signal for the Europeans to re-engage in these countries, or a similar decision? … We lean towards this
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(B2) One by one, all the European Commissioners announce either having tested positive for Covid-19 or being in contact with a tested person. The European 'machine' risks a new slowdown as at the start of the epidemic
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(B2) The Turkish question could resurface quickly with the resumption of drilling announced for a period of almost a month off Cyprus © Confidential © EUBAM Rafah. The Romanian Mihai-Florin Bulgariu should be
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(B2) A mechanism for sanctioning human rights violations is a matter for the European Parliament, a few days before a Council of Foreign Ministers, where the subject will be on the agenda
Read(B2) The European Union decided on Monday (4 May) to add six new names to its 'Nicaragua' blacklist, saying no democratic progress has been made. She reiterates three requirements to change position The decision
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(B2) Libya was again in first place in the discussions of the Foreign Affairs Council on Wednesday, at the heart of the High Representative's appeal published on our blog, and on the agenda of the European Parliament the
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(B2) Recently published: The Sahel is burning. All Europeans are welcome. There is room and a role for all (E. Pulkkinen – X. Petit) Military Erasmus. There is a difference
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(B2) Respect for rights – the freedom to inform in Russia, to express oneself in Iran, the rule of law in Malta – largely marked this last session of the year of the European Parliament (in Strasbourg, from
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(B2) Recently published: N°77. The NATO summit meeting in London (December 3 and 4, 2019) Foreign Affairs Council (December 9, 2019): discussions and decisions. The point © Confidential / PESC
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(B2) Foreign ministers adopted a sanctions framework on Nicaragua on Monday (14 October), during their meeting in Luxembourg. A first for the country. The list remains for now
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(B2) Recently published: The arms embargo on the Central African Republic will be eased. Objective: to facilitate the rise of local security forces (exclusive) Kris Peeters ejects one of the heavyweights of
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(B2) The European Union is currently developing a sanctions framework on Nicaragua The text, providing for entry bans on European territory and/or the freezing of assets, could be adopted by the Council of
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(B2) Recently published: (blog) Méditerranée. 140 days of blocking (exclusive) Associating third countries with PESCO: it's complicated! The US is adding 1000 soldiers for a 'sustainable' presence in Poland.
Read(B2) Recently published: Focus on Foreign Affairs (April 8, 2019) (blog) A very empty hemicycle on Libya… (blog) Yemen: the journalists of Disclose demonstrate the French double discourse on sales
Read(B2) Recently released: A periodic rule of law peer review mechanism. A Belgian-German initiative (blog) A Portuguese submarine in the Mediterranean The European Union is concerned about a possible drift in Moldova The program of
Read(B2) Recently published: Eight Russians added to the blacklist for their action in the Kerch Strait In Syria, the EU lays the foundations for future reconstruction The freezing of the assets of former
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(B2) Recently published: The situation remains serious in the Central African Republic. The deployment of the FACA is progressing Viktor Orban wants to remove the 'migration' competence from the European Commission and create a 'SchengenGroup' Ukraine. The 'destabilize' blacklist
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