Defence, diplomacy, crises, powers
(B2) The EU's responsibility for fundamental rights in the context of CSDP missions has until now been a black hole in European policy. The EU court regularly recognized itself
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(B2) The dialogue between Belgrade and Pristina broke down a little harder this weekend. A highly sensitive crisis file, which will become THE subject on the table of Foreign Ministers next Monday.
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(B2) Rapid Deployment Capability, NATO-EU, meetings are accelerating this week in the working groups of the Council of the EU, in the military committee as well as in the committees of the European Parliament. Focus: the
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(B2) China will be one of the Chiefs' strategic focuses at the next European Council. A fundamental point because the Europeans will have to, willingly or unwillingly, revise their relations with Beijing. The Russian War
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(B2) The 27 get to the heart of the matter on the proposal for a common defense acquisition fund. On the ministerial side, as on the parliamentary side. The first questions arise. Also the first concerns.
Read(B2) The war in Ukraine, the French presence in the Sahel, the engagement in the Indo-Pacific. For his first parliamentary hearing on Thursday (July 7), the Minister for the Armed Forces Sébastien Lecornu presented his vision of the threats. Useful for
Read(B2) The Allies, meeting at a summit in Madrid, agreed on Wednesday (June 29), as planned, to significantly strengthen their forward defense capability in the East as well as rapid reaction. This change follows
Read(B2) The Ministers of Defense of the 30 who met on Wednesday and Thursday (June 15 and 16) in Brussels looked into preparations for the Madrid summit which is due to take place in two weeks.
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(B2) The Austrian Chancellor's visit to Moscow on Monday arouses embarrassment and circumspection in European circles. Yet mediation initiatives seem poor. But many leaders prefer to display warrior support in kyiv
Read(B2) Faced with renewed Russian aggressiveness in Ukraine, the Allies decide to adopt a more decisive posture of deterrence. With the deployment of troops on a rotational basis, in several countries on the Eastern Front, starting with the
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(B2) The exclusion of Russia from the Council of Europe makes less noise than Volodymyr Zelensky's speech to the American Congress. It is no less symptomatic. The departure, after 26 years of presence,
Read(B2) NATO wants to flex its muscles in the face of Russia's growing power on Ukraine's borders. The Allies want to assert their presence on the Eastern border of the Alliance, by developing a reinforced light presence.
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(B2) The coronavirus has dominated the news in recent days, with the establishment of crisis management procedures by the EU, meetings by video conference at the summit and the European Parliament. geopolitical issues
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(B2) The European Parliament on Tuesday (11 December) gave its support to the efforts undertaken by EU Member States and the European Commission to improve military mobility in the Union The plenary approved
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(B2) Meeting in Bucharest on Tuesday (September 11) the heads of Polish, Romanian and Turkish diplomacy adopted a joint declaration whose main power is to reaffirm loud and clear the primary virtue of
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(B2) The Ministers of Defense of six countries (Latvia, Estonia, Denmark + Lithuania, United Kingdom, Canada) took advantage of the NATO summit to sign the letter of intent creating a multinational divisional district North Le
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(B2) Meeting at the Royal Military Academy of Sandhurst, the French President (Emmanuel Macron) and the British Prime Minister (Theresa May) reaffirmed on Thursday January 18 their desire to strengthen the existing links between the two
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(B2) The Atlantic Alliance remains concerned about being able to bring its forces to the continent easily and without delay. And that could be a topic of discussion for both ministers of
Read(B2 at NATO headquarters) The positioning and composition of the various presence battalions is as follows: Lithuania. Framework nation: Germany Other participants: Belgium (1 transport company
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