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Recep Tayyip Erdogan

Despite appearances, the atmosphere was tense between Europeans and the Turkish leader. Only the Bulgarian Boïko Borissov, who holds the rotating presidency of the Union, is a little friendlier (Credit: Council of the EU)
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Varna summit: neither progress nor compromise…

(B2) Bad relations with Cyprus and Greece, intervention in Syria, repression in Turkey, freezing of accession negotiations… The list of points of tension between Ankara and Brussels is long. The encounter between the European Union and

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Notebook (05.02.2018). Serbia and Montenegro (accession). G5 Sahel Summit (Objective, Japan). Libya (ship). EEAS (job). DR Congo (Schengen House). Syria (Franco-Turkish initiative). Equatorial Guinea (opponent). Guinea Bissau (political situation). Maldives (supreme court).…

(B2) Recently published: (blog) New flagship for Operation Sophia (blog) Post doc in security and defence, go abroad The naval airbus being born South Sudan: three people blacklisted .

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Notebook (11.12.2017). Athena mechanism (agreement). EDIDP (disagree). Fish (25). COPS (calendar). EUMM Georgia, EUCAP Sahel Mali (budget). Libya (blacklist). Vietnam (WUSC). Belgium (EUNAVFOR Med / Atalanta, EUTM Mali). 5th…

(B2) Recently published: Jerusalem. Hungary is going it alone and is blocking any declaration on behalf of the 28 (file) NATO-EU. The Warsaw Declaration. Seven areas of cooperation and 42 common measures (exclusive) PESCO. THE

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