A comm' artifice at the approach of the Defense Council

(BRUSSELS2) After the void, the overflow! As the Council of Foreign Affairs and Defense Ministers approaches, the European Diplomatic Service has scheduled no less than 6 official press briefings in three days. At the rate of 2 per day.

On Wednesday, Hansjörg Haber, the head of the CPCC should take advantage of his meeting with the press to say goodbye. According to information from B2, he should indeed leave soon for other skies (details on the Club). The same day, at the end of the day, the president of the military committee, General De Rousiers will come to present the results of the meeting.

On Thursday, it will be the turn of the European Defense Agency with Graham Muir (10.30) then the Deputy Secretary General of the EEAS, Maciej Popowski (11.00) for the defense part of the Council. General Wosolobe of the EU General Staff will come to the press to present the European military exercise "Milex 2013" on Friday morning. Finally Pierre Vimont, the Secretary General of the European Diplomatic Service will close the sequence on Friday at 16:00 p.m. with a general briefing before the Foreign Affairs Council.

Let's hope that on Monday AND Tuesday, at the meeting of Ministers of Foreign Affairs, then of Defense, the High Representative of the EU, Catherine Ashton will be able to pay a little more attention than usual to the press to get out of the 3 questions quickly made and the top time of 15 minutes that she imposed on herself... to avoid too much attention no doubt.

Nb: B2 is not going to complain about this sudden flurry of communication. But will this allow the common European security and defense policy to emerge? Can we thus make forget, by some dubious artifices, 3-4 years of halftone communication where the absences succeeded the doubts in a few tricks which look more like magic than a real will? The naive will be able to believe it... We can doubt it!