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B2 Editorial Headlines PESCO 

The half-failure of permanent structured cooperation is looming (v2)

12 May 202016 June 2020 Nicolas Gros-Verheyde 0 Comments EU defence, PESCO min read

(B2) Two and a half years on, permanent structured cooperation (PESCO) is struggling to show results. And this is not

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CSDP Missions Headlines Libya Opinion 

All those who want peace in Libya must support Operation Irini (Josep Borrell)

22 April 202022 April 2020 Rédaction de B2 0 Comments Ceasefire, EUNAVFOR Irini, Josep Borrell, Libya min read

(B2) At a time when the Berlin process is in danger of getting bogged down in the sand, the EU

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EU Political Doctrine Headlines Opinion 

This is how the European dream ends. And they don’t even realise it

29 March 202030 March 2020 Nicolas Gros-Verheyde 0 Comments Coronavirus, Eurobonds, European Commission, Future of Europe, Italy, Jacques Delors, Ursula von der Leyen min read

(B2) Tonight, I give the floor to Lorenzo Consoli, my Italian colleague. He is, in a way, a better fit

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B2 Editorial Civil protection Headlines 

Coronavirus crisis. The von der Leyen Commission lacks audacity. Congenital weakness?

26 March 202022 April 2020 redacteur1 0 Comments Commission 2019, Coronavirus crisis, CSDP, Humanitarian aid, Janez Lenarcic, RescEU, Single market, Ursula von der Leyen min read

(B2) Faced with the scale of the current Coronavirus crisis, the European response still seems very timid. Bold on the

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Defence Industry Headlines Internal Market Opinion 

Europe must acquire technological sovereignty

5 March 20206 May 2020 Rédaction de B2 5G, Industrial policy, Strategic autonomy, technological dependance min read

(B2) Technological sovereignty is one of the key concepts in the programme of the new European Commission. A vague concept,

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B2 Editorial EU Institutions Headlines 

When Tintin Michel wanders around, the European Council suffers

24 February 202018 March 2020 Nicolas Gros-Verheyde Charles Michel, EU Budget, European Council, External relations min read

(B2) The failure of the European Summit on Thursday and Friday (20 and 21 February) on the 2021-2027 budgetary framework

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B2 Analysis CSDP Missions Headlines Mediterranean 

A change of command for EUNAVFOR Med (ex Sophia) : why not?

18 February 202018 March 2020 Nicolas Gros-Verheyde EUNAVFOR Med, Foreign Affairs Council, Italy, Operation Commander, Opération Sophia min read

(B2 – exclusive) The EU military operation in the Mediterranean (EUNAVFOR Med) will have a change in leadership by the

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B2 News CSDP Missions Headlines Mediterranean 

Don’t call me Sophia anymore! The key points of the new EU operation in the Mediterranean

17 February 202019 February 2020 Nicolas Gros-Verheyde CSDP missions, EUNAVFOR Med, FAC, Libya min read

(B2) EU foreign ministers finally agreed* on Monday (17 February) to relaunch the European maritime operation in the central Mediterranean.

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B2 Editorial Defence Industry Headlines Stabilisation / Peace 

What if defence companies had to contribute to peacekeeping?

4 February 20205 February 2020 Nicolas Gros-Verheyde defence industry, European Peace Facility, peacekeeping min read

(B2) The idea may seem foolish, or obvious, a priori. But it deserves to be thought about for at least

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Asia Headlines Intelligence 

Gerhard the German Spy and European diplomat who liked China a little too much

16 January 20203 February 2020 Nicolas Gros-Verheyde China, EEAS, EU Delegation, Germany, Intelligence, lobbying, Spy min read

(B2 – exclusif) L’homme qui est au cœur d’une affaire d’espionnage en Allemagne pour le compte de la Chine est

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B2 News CSDP Missions Headlines Levant 

EU mission in Iraq (EUAM) on ‘stand-by’. An order coming from Brussels (v2)

7 January 202013 January 2020 Nicolas Gros-Verheyde EUAM Iraq min read

(B2 – exclusive) The EU Internal Security Advisory Mission (EUAM Iraq) in Baghdad has been instructed to be discreet, according

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