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An intruder invites himself to the meeting of EU Defence Ministers. Fun and embarrassment

20 November 20204 December 2020 Nicolas Gros-Verheyde 0 Comments 4 min read

(B2) A Dutch journalist managed to get into the meeting of defence ministers this Friday (20.11) without any real difficulty.

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European Defense Entretiens – 3rd edition: between utopia and challenges

19 November 20204 December 2020 Nicolas Gros-Verheyde 0 Comments 2 min read

(B2) These third ‘Entretiens’ of European defense bear witness to a Europe at a crossroads. Ready for anything, provided you

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Tim to Helga: I have come to tell you that I am leaving… the CSDP

16 October 202029 October 2020 Nicolas Gros-Verheyde 0 Comments Brexit, CSDP missions, EUAM Ukraine, EUFOR Althea, EULEX Kosovo, United Kingdom 3 min read

(B2 – exclusive) This is not the Dunkirk retreat. Even though it looks like it. The Brits are tiptoeing out

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Ship suspected of violating arms embargo to Libya intercepted by Operation Irini

11 September 202011 September 2020 Nicolas Gros-Verheyde Carburant pour avions, Embargo sur les armes, EUNAVFOR Med Irini, EUNAVFOR Med Irini, Libye, Violation de l'embargo, Violation de l’embargo 2 min read

(B2) European war ships blocked off Libya a Norwegian tanker chartered by the United Arab Emirates on Thursday (10 September),

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

12 May 202016 June 2020 Nicolas Gros-Verheyde EU defence, PESCO 4 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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All those who want peace in Libya must support Operation Irini (Josep Borrell)

22 April 202022 April 2020 Rédaction de B2 Ceasefire, EUNAVFOR Irini, Josep Borrell, Libya 5 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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This is how the European dream ends. And they don’t even realise it

29 March 202030 March 2020 Nicolas Gros-Verheyde Coronavirus, Eurobonds, European Commission, Future of Europe, Italy, Jacques Delors, Ursula von der Leyen 2 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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Coronavirus crisis. The von der Leyen Commission lacks audacity. Congenital weakness?

26 March 202022 April 2020 redacteur1 Commission 2019, Coronavirus crisis, CSDP, Humanitarian aid, Janez Lenarcic, RescEU, Single market, Ursula von der Leyen 8 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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Europe must acquire technological sovereignty

5 March 20206 May 2020 Rédaction de B2 5G, Industrial policy, Strategic autonomy, technological dependance 4 min read

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

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 7 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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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 3 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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