Defence, diplomacy, crises, powers
(B2 in Paris) The forces intervening in the Sahel, EUTM, the Minusma, but especially the French foreign legion, took for their rank. Received at the same time as his G5 Sahel colleagues by the
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(B2) Recently published: Jeannette Seppen appointed High Civilian Representative of EMASOH ENISA, the cybersecurity agency of the European Union (file) The special European summit on the future budgetary framework (MFF) ended in failure. 2
Read(B2) Received in the Foreign Affairs Committee on Wednesday (February 19), Qatar's Foreign Minister (Deputy Prime Minister), Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al-Thani, refuted any financial support for terrorists and jihadists
Read(B2) Libya — with European actions following the Berlin process (in particular the EUNAVFOR Med operation) — EU-Africa relations and EU-India relations will be three of the main topics of the meeting
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(B2) Recently published: (blog) 600 more French people in the Sahel, to enable the launch of the Takuba task force Yes, the European space policy, and Galileo, have a 'defence' component. Thierry Breton breaks the taboo
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(B2) Recently published: (blog) Florence Parly's 'honeymoon' in Washington ends in disarray A Russian helicopter carrier with the air of the French Mistral. Fantasy or reality? (blog) A stopover from
Read(B2 in Paris) The Levant (Iraq), the Gulf and the Strait of Hormuz, the Central African Republic and the Sahel… The French Chief of the Defense Staff (CEMA), François Lecointre, made this Wednesday (January 22 ), in front of some journalists
Read(B2) In the Sahel, “we absolutely have to do more”. High Representative Josep Borrell could not be clearer. Foreign Ministers unanimously repeated on Monday (20 January) their wish to increase their
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(B2) Recently published: (exclusive) The Sahel, an open wound between French and Germans. The summit of Pau across the JCPOA Berlin Gorge. Query on D-Day. The exact date of
Read(B2) Foreign Ministers meet on Monday (20 January) with two major topics for the European Union: security in the Sahel (morning) and the Middle East in the broad sense, including Iraq and Iran
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(B2) Recently published: João Vale de Almeida will become the first EU ambassador in London. A whole Sahel and Middle East symbol on the agenda of the Foreign Affairs Council (January 20, 2020) (exclusive) In Somalia,
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(B2) The blog resumes its publication after the Christmas-New Year break. We wish you all a happy new year 2020, although it starts in a brutal way with the aggravation of hotbeds of tension in Iraq-Iran and
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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
Read(B2 – exclusive) In the interview with B2, Russian Ambassador Vladimir Chizhov spoke about cooperation between Europeans and his country in the field of peacekeeping. Words that deserve to be
Read(B2 in the European Parliament) For Josep Borrell, it was his first public appearance, as High Representative of the Union, this Wednesday (December 4), before MEPs. A house he knows well for having chaired it in
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(B2) Recently published: (blog) Transfer of power to the European Council. Donald Tusk gives the keys to Charles Michel (exclusive) The future European maritime operation in the Strait of Hormuz. Framework, format, tempo, legal basis… Details Commission
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(B2) Recently published: (exclusive) A Swede takes the helm of EULEX Kosovo EU ambassador to Benin declared 'persona non grata' (blog) Boris Johnson does not play fair. The UK is not a partner
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(B2) “Anticipating and not suffering” is the raison d'être of the European Intervention Initiative. The military, central nerves of the IEI, explain themselves Counting thirteen member states, with the upcoming incorporation of Italy, and perhaps 14
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(B2 – exclusive) Despite the European Union's efforts to take a prominent place on the European security chessboard, NATO remains number one, for Raimundas Karoblis, the Lithuanian Minister of Defense The President
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