Defence, diplomacy, crises, powers
(B2) A year ago, Abiy Ahmed, the Ethiopian Prime Minister (former Nobel Peace Prize winner) sent his troops to Tigray. The situation has steadily worsened since. The conflict getting worse. In the United States, the
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(B2) The Slovenian Prime Minister, far from being discreet and facilitating compromises, as is the role of a presidency, continues to provoke and sow the storm. On the contrary, it embarrasses colleagues and
Read(B2)Ursula von der Leyen, President of the European Commission announced a defense summit in Toulouse under the French presidency. A subject that is causing some tension in European corridors A planned and approved summit The question of
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(B2) A two-hour debate this Friday (26.02) between heads of state and government on defense and security. A statement that closely resembles the prepared draft. With one exception:
Read(B2) Heads of State and Government are due to hold a strategic debate on defense and security issues on 26 February This issue is on the annotated agenda of Coreper ambassadors
Read(B2 – exclusive) The European Council should not be able to welcome, as hoped for a moment, the joint notification by the Member States of their participation in the Permanent Structured Cooperation (PESCO). It is true that the
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(B2) The subject of “defence and security” is becoming a fairly consensual subject for Europeans. The European Council on Thursday (22 June) demonstrated this. The discussion between Europeans on the “security and defence” chapter ended a
Read(B2) Eleven Member States (1) signed a Project Arrangement on 5 May to carry out a Cyber Defense project within the framework of the European Defense Agency, in order to have
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(B2) Finally, the final text of the European Council at 28 will have been adopted in the form of conclusions of the President of the European Council, supported by only 27 Member States. Poland, through the voice of
Read(B2 – exclusive) The meeting of Heads of State and Government, this Thursday (March 9), will have two objectives, according to our information, in terms of defense and security: 1) to show that this question is
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(B2) Arriving at the European Parliament in 1999, Michael Gahler is today the reference for everything affecting the European defense industry. He defines himself as being “a bit like the father of Plan
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(B2) The conclusions adopted by the 28 Heads of State and Government at their summit on Thursday 15 December are broadly identical in the preparatory groups (ambassadors, Sherpas, ministers) (Read: European Defence. Forward
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(B2) The NATO Summit in Warsaw will have a clandestine guest: Brexit. The United Kingdom's departure from the European Union should be the subject of many discussions at the summit, in the room and in the
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(B2) The informal meeting of Defense Ministers held in Luxembourg on 3 September, under a joint presidency (Luxembourgish and High Representative) met its challenges. Started on time, finished within
Read(BRUSSELS2) For Carl Haglund, former Finnish Minister of Defence, the current situation in terms of Defense must be put into context. Having left the government three weeks ago, he thus resumed a
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(B2) The “28” Heads of State and Government met again on June 25 and 26, 2015, with defense issues on their table. In 18 months, since the last peak in December
Read(BRUSSELS2) The 28 EU Heads of State and Government discussed defense and security issues on Friday morning (26 June). A debate somewhat disturbed by the news and the announcement
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(BRUSSELS2) In front of the European Parliament, Wednesday (June 24), Frans Timmermans, number 2 of the European Commission, who spoke on behalf of Jean-Claude Juncker (retained by the Greek negotiation), was quite explicit on the
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(BRUXELLES2) Le projet de conclusions préparé par l’équipe du président du Conseil européen, Donald Tusk, pour le Sommet des 25 et 26 juin est, pour l’instant, particulièrement pauvre et limité en matière de défense (voir
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