Defence, diplomacy, crises, powers
(B2 – exclusive) After the framework contracts for munitions, the executive director of the European Defense Agency (EDA), Jiří Šedivý, envisages more work in the future in joint acquisitions. B2 met him at
Read(B2) Presented as the flagship of cooperation between the two European and Euro-Atlantic organisations, the military mobility project is progressing well and coherently, even says the European Commission report Since
Read(B2) A directive adopted at the end of 2019 extends VAT and excise exemptions for EU defense activities. It is normally applicable from July 1, 2022 A strong will to defend
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(B2) The European Parliament approved on Tuesday (26 November) the European Commission's proposal to allow wider exemption from VAT on defense efforts in the European Union, in order to
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(B2) The European Commission proposed, on Wednesday 24 April, an amendment to the VAT and excise directives to exempt certain purchases by the armed forces. A supervised exemption This proposal is part of a clear desire
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(B2) The point was expected. The European Commission and the High Representative of the Union presented, this Wednesday (28 March), their action plan to improve military mobility in the European Union. A plan that rests
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(B2) After quite a long discussion, Member States agreed in 2015 to introduce a permanent VAT exemption for projects and programs carried out within the European
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(B2, in Bratislava) After the Franco-German couple, Italy put on the table its own 'non paper' entitled “For a stronger European defence: the Italian vision”. A paper that is presented
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(B2) In Bratislava, before the Ministers of Foreign Affairs and parliamentarians, in Brussels, before the heads of EU delegations, Federica Mogherini hammered home the same message: we now need an "impetus
Read(B2) Before the Council of Defense Ministers next Tuesday (November 17), the head of the European Defense Agency, Jorge Domecq, explains to B2 the main advances obtained recently, particularly in terms of VAT
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(B2) The Council of the EU approved the recast of the 2011 decision defining the work of the European Defense Agency. Stated objective: "to improve the clarity of the legal text" founding the agency,
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(BRUSSELS2) The European Defense Agency (EDA) will be given a new status. The decision “defining the status, headquarters and operating methods of the European Defense Agency” has been recast. Two
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(BRUSSELS2) B2 met extensively with Jorge Domecq, the new director of the European Defense Agency (*), on the eve of a new European Council devoted to defense issues. An interview marked by the message, repeated
Read(BRUSSELS2) In rather dense conclusions, the last European summit in December endorsed an interesting provision decided by the Ministers of Defense in November: the establishment of an incentive
Read(BRUSSELS2) An agreement has been found between the Coreper ambassadors on the conclusions on the CSDP after the deadlock noted on Monday at the Council of Foreign Affairs and Defense Ministers of the European Union.
Read(BRUSSELS2) The Ministers of Foreign Affairs and Defense of the “28” did not manage, on Monday (18 November), to agree on the draft conclusions on the CSDP, as expected. This project
Read(BRUSSELS2) This is a proposal contained in the High Representative's report which is beginning to “spill a lot of ink” like all “taxation” subjects. The objective is to study the possibility of an exemption from VAT for
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