Defence, diplomacy, crises, powers
(B2) Recently published: The external borders of the EU are closing to block the Coronavirus. Joint repatriation operations (European Council) The United States must remain in Africa. Europeans must do more (General Townsend)
Read(B2) Gathered in Brussels for an exceptional meeting on Monday (March 9), Turkish and European leaders attempted during an exceptional meeting to renew the threads of dialogue. The meeting took place in two stages,
Read(B2) The occasion of a triple ministerial meeting in Zagreb, including two informal ones, does not necessarily mean multiple conclusions or tangible results. But it's all little sentences and declarations on different subjects One declaration
Read(B2 in Zagreb) The Foreign Ministers, meeting in an exceptional session in Croatia, this Friday (March 6) admonished Ankara, like Moscow and Damascus. But, in a very diplomatic way. You have to read between
Read(B2) Meeting in an extraordinary way, this Wednesday (March 4) in Brussels, the Ministers of Home Affairs of the 27 (with the member countries of the Schengen area), wanted to send a firm message to Turkey, after
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(B2) In issuing its latest progress report on the implementation of the European agenda on migration, on 16 October, the European Commission drew up a positive assessment of the action undertaken since "
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(B2) The meeting of Heads of State and Government on 28 Thursday and Friday (17 and 18 October) promises to be so full of question marks that no one ventures to give its duration or
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(B2) Foreign Ministers are meeting on October 14 in Luxembourg The meeting will start at 8 am and was due to end at 30 pm after lunch with a press conference. But this one could
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(B2) Collecting and storing the biometric data of Turkish nationals who apply for a temporary residence permit constitutes a "new restriction" within the meaning of the EEC-Turkey Association Agreement (1), considers the Court of Justice
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(B2) The heads of state and government of the EU meeting in summit, this Thursday, June 20, "strongly condemned" Turkish drilling in the eastern Mediterranean. Exasperated by the Turkish attitude, the 28 climb the
Read(B2) The scheme put in place by the Netherlands to take fingerprints of Turkish workers is "necessary and proportionate" and therefore justified for the Advocate General of the Court of Justice, Giovanni Pitruzzella, who presented
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(B2) The European Union and Turkey have decided to resume their political dialogue, interrupted for four years. But the dialogue was difficult, this Friday 15 March, on the occasion of the 54th meeting of the Association Council
Read(B2) Recently published: The EU must emerge from the status quo to become attractive to citizens (Peter Pellegrini) On the agenda of the Council of Foreign Ministers (18 March 2019) Ultimate European proposal for
Read(B2) Recently published: European Prosecutor. Between a Romanian and a Frenchman, the hearts of Europeans swing The intelligence college in Europe is inaugurated Eritrea: an opportunity not to be missed for the
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(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
Read(B2) The 28 Heads of State and Government meeting at a summit in Brussels on Thursday (March 22) condemned "firmly the illegal actions that Turkey continues to carry out in the Eastern Mediterranean and at sea
Read(B2) The European Council of 22 and 23 March is marked by a busy agenda. Normally devoted to economic affairs, the Spring Council will have to deal with several rather heavy points devoted to external affairs. Shutter
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(B2) The financial assistance granted by the European Union to Turkey within the framework of the accession negotiations had only a “limited effect”. This is the conclusion of the European Court of Auditors in a report
Read(B2) Recently published: (blog) Renewed tension in South Ossetia Syria. A 30-day humanitarian truce voted by the UN Security Council (blog) Ghouta: “Too early to consider
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