Defence, diplomacy, crises, powers
(B2) For the Deputy Supreme Allied Commander in Europe (DSACEUR), British General Sir James Rupert Everard, “the EU lacks muscles”, military means. Speaking to Parliament's Defense Sub-Committee
Read(B2) NATO Defense Ministers meet on 13 and 14 February at Alliance headquarters in Brussels. They will no longer be 29 around the table, but 30. The Minister of
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(B2) For Defense Minister Ank Bijleveld (CDA/EPP), if we need to make progress towards European defence, it's within the framework of NATO, and not too quickly. The opposition with the vision, or rather the visions,
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(B2) Defense and security has become such a regular point between Heads of State and Government that it no longer really gives rise to debate and is surprisingly consensual. This summit of 13 and
Read(B2) The meeting of Heads of State and Government on Thursday and Friday (December 13 and 14) will once again be busy, with two key topics — the MFF and the Eurozone — and a
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(B2 – exclusive) The Council of Ministers of the EU approved this Monday (November 19), the catalog of military specifications. A document prepared by the EU Military Committee in the context of the Action Plan
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(B2) German Defense Minister Ursula von der Leyen sets out her vision of the role of the European Union and Germany in defence, in an interview with former MEP Dany Cohn-Bendit on Euronews
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(B2) For the Belgian Defense Minister, Steven Vandeput (N-VA), the informal meeting of Defense Ministers in Vienna on 29 and 30 August was an opportunity to note that the Ministers have
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(B2) European Council President Donald Tusk, European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker and NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg signed a joint declaration on cooperation
Read(B2) The NATO summit, which will be held on July 11 and 12 in Brussels, is presented by diplomats as a unique opportunity to display the unity of the Atlantic Alliance… if Donald Trump wants it
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(B2) The Council of Ministers of the EU in 'Defence / Foreign Affairs' format validated, this Monday (25 June), the general principles concerning the needs in terms of military mobility. Two steps As
Read(B2) EU Defense Ministers meet on Monday morning (25 June) in Luxembourg to discuss the various advances in security and defense on the EU side: structured cooperation
Read(B2) Recently published: Operation Barkhane (sheet) The security situation in Mali: rather difficult EU-NATO cooperation: everything is going well! Military mobility, a flagship project of EU-NATO cooperation (blog) Under attack in the
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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
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(B2) Both EU and NATO leaders reiterated at the Alliance Defense Ministers meeting on Friday 8 June that military mobility must become, in the words of Jens Stoltenberg, “ A
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(B2) Cooperation between allies, interoperability and attribution of digital attacks have become one of the main stakes of the cyber 'war' which is played out behind the scenes. The first annual conference of the Nato Cyber Defense Pledge
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(B2 – Exclusive) Bulgaria – which holds the presidency of the European Union this semester – is in a particularly complex position: a member of NATO and the EU, it remains dependent on Russia
Read(B2 – exclusive) Gathered at a summit in Brussels, at '28', the Heads of State and Government on Thursday (March 22) repeated their "unfailing solidarity" with the British after the Salisbury affair, facing
Read(B2 – exclusive) The Ministers of Defense of the European Union will meet on March 6 in Brussels with four main subjects on their agenda: permanent structured cooperation (PESCO), the fund
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