To be read before the Council of Defense Ministers

(BRUSSELS2) The bi-annual meeting of EU defense ministers opens this afternoon, with dinner tonight at 54 (with foreign ministers) and the meeting of foreign ministers on Thursday. B2 will be there. And I have a nugget in store for you later...

Here is a short summary of the latest articles published, on topics that will be discussed at one time or another during the meeting. The principle is in fact that military missions are the responsibility of Defense Ministers while civilian missions are the prerogative of their Foreign Affairs counterparts.

Program

On the agenda of the Council of Defense Ministers of November 30

anti-piracy operation
Atalanta extendable until 2014. Hush… Don't say it too loudly!
Germany believes in EU anti-piracy mission
The Eunavfor Atalanta operation below the red line in early 2012
The maritime capacity building mission – some details

Other operations
A European mission in Libya: when it snows in Tripoli
The CSDP mission for the Sahel will wait a while longer...
South Sudan: the 27 want to review the copy
The police mission in Bosnia extended, before closure (update)

EU defense policy
New CSDP Missions: Cathy's Line
Latvia not in favor of a European OHQ
Switzerland moves a little closer to the European Defense Agency
A Frenchman at the head of the EU military committee in 2012

capacity

to come, be patient 🙂

Foreign politic
Attack on the British Embassy in Tehran. Penalties in preparation