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A French admiral appointed as Director General of the European Union Military Staff

22 May 20199 February 2020 Nicolas Gros-Verheyde EUMS, Exclusive, Nomination 2 min read

(B2 – exclusif) C’est un nom bien connu des lecteurs de B2 qui va prendre la direction générale de l’état-major de l’Union européenne (EUMS ou EMUE), l’amiral Hervé Bléjean. Il va remplacer le général finlandais Esa Pulkkinen nommé en mai 2016. C’est u…

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Eight EU special representatives, for what results ?

6 February 201917 December 2019 Nicolas Gros-Verheyde Special representatives, SREU 2 min read

(B2) The EU has at its disposition eight special representative (Bosnia-Herzegovina*, Kosovo*, the Middle Eastern peace process, Central Asia, South Caucasus and Georgian crisis, Horn of Africa, Sahel, Human Rights) Super-diplomats, unclear utility These

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Two forgotten tools of European crisis management diplomacy: to be revived?

3 February 201927 March 2020 Nicolas Gros-Verheyde Contact group, EEAS, EUSR, Special envoy, Troika, Venezuela 4 min read

(B2) The difficulty of constituting the contact group created by the Europeans for Venezuela as well as its incongruous side raise questions. Couldn’t we have a more reactive European diplomacy? To be sure, you