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The Estonian SME Baltic Workboats is among the Top 25 countries having received the most funding under the FED. (©Baltic Workboats)
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[Decryption] European Defense Fund. Outline of financing dynamics (study)

(B2) An update on the volumes of data from the European Defense Fund makes it possible to identify some trends and developments in the most committed countries and companies, the distribution of program coordinators, or even the

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French and Germans want to provide the EU with its own capabilities in military matters but also in civil protection (credit: General Staff of the Armed Forces / DICOD)
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French and Germans propose a 'European Security Compact'. Details of the 20 proposals

(B2) Faced with Brexit, the French and German foreign ministers have prepared a response for a stronger Europe. A text of about ten pages of proposals was thus designed, in Paris

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Watch book

Notebook (29.04.2016) North Korea (sanctions). Ireland (Newt). Russia (sanctions). Saceur (confirmation). Barkhane (tribute). Belgium (fighter planes). A400M (delay). Spain (Cybersecurity). Poland (helicopters). Hospitals and schools (attacks). Propaganda (third country).…

(B2) Recently released: Operation Active Endeavor is about to be transformed. EU-NATO coordination in the Mediterranean under study A Belgian general at the head of EUTM Mali from July Freeze of funds confirmed for the Sharif

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The number of soldiers in external operations decreased in 2012 compared to 2011 - here Italian soldiers in Afghanistan (credit: Italian Ministry of Defence)
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[Decryption] The 2012 “defense” budgets under the microscope

(BRUXELLES2) The figures which have just been published by the European Defense Agency (EDA) on defense budgets in 2012 confirm a trend that has been underway for a few years: it is falling! Defense budgets: –

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