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Arts Cinema Stage Weekend

Nicolas Gros Verheyde November 11, 2023November 12, 2023 0 Comments Cinema

[Weekend] Passion according to Dodin Bouffant

(B2) A film with wonderful colors, selected dishes and a fine script. In the kitchen, the couple Juliette Binoche and

Arts Cinema Stage governments Weekend

Nicolas Gros Verheyde 15th OctoberNovember 3, 2023 0 Comments France, Political life

[Cinema] Bernadette

(B2) It is a fiction, but built on solid elements. For those who were able to follow the president (Chirac) a little

Arts Cinema Stage Brief blog

Nicolas Gros Verheyde 21th May 202322th May 2023 democracy

[Film] Is a new, more participatory democracy possible?

(B2) Can participatory democracy exist? It is around this idea that this captivating 52 minutes is tied. All

Arts Cinema Stage Weekend

Nicolas Gros Verheyde 24th February 2023March 18, 2023 Communication, Ukraine War 2023

[In short] All of Europe in blue and yellow in the colors of Ukraine

(B2) To celebrate the first anniversary of the Russian "invasion" of Ukraine, of this massive intervention which changed

Music Weekend

Nicolas Gros Verheyde 13th February 202320th February 2023 Ukraine War 2022, pet shop boys, Stalin, Vladimir Putin

[Music] Poutine, the man who lives in the past, according to Pet Shop Boys

(B2) Very soft music for the Pet Shop Boys, alias PSB, who had accustomed us to more dance music, more syncopated. But both the text and the clip are far more ferocious. Listen to Living in the past

Arts Cinema Stage Brief blog

Nicolas Gros Verheyde July 11, 2022March 5, 2023

[Cinema] Aida's voice

(B2) In Bosnia and Herzegovina, a return to a dark page in European history. We are in Srebrenica, in July 1995. The Helmets

Brief blog Gulf Middle East Reads Russia Caucasus Ukraine

Aurelie Pugnet August 14, 2021September 11, 2023 Terrorist attacks, France, Iraq, Russia, Chechnya

In the mouth of the wolf, with Anne Nivat

(B2) Direction Grozny, Nice and Fallujah, with the intrepid Nina. Three countries, three cities, three stories, with one thing in common: a

Brief blog EU diplomacy EU Institutions Reads

Aurelie Pugnet August 8, 202128th October geopolitics, Regular, European Union

Geopolitics of Europe, the basics to revise this summer

(B2) The time has come for the European bubble to leave Brussels, the gray offices of the European Commission, the dreadful

EU Defense (Doctrine)Reads

B2 Writing 19th May 202122th June 2021 capacity, EU Defense, Regular

The European defense 'toolbox' has been published

European defense policy, its progress, its difficulties, its assets or its failures, explained step by step… Defense

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[Alert] Joe Biden launches the debate on post-Gaza. Possible sanctions against Israeli settlers November 18, 2023
(B2) In an opinion published in the Washington Post this Saturday (November 18), the American president sets the stage for the aftermath of the Israeli offensive in Gaza. But above all, he threatens extremist settlers with sanctions by
Nicolas Gros Verheyde
[Interview] Brexit, Putin, Middle East, Rule of law, Unanimity, High Representative… Jean Asselborn lets loose November 18, 2023
(B2) Just before his departure from the Luxembourg government, Jean Asselborn, the dean of foreign policy among Europeans, agreed to share with us the fruit of his experience. Twenty years of holding the handle
Nicolas Gros Verheyde
[Verbatim] Warning Danger! Europe still lives in the age of innocence (Nathalie Loiseau) November 14, 2023
(B2) In front of a selected audience of soldiers, researchers, experts in geopolitics, students, Nathalie Loiseau (Horizons/Renew), delivered a vibrant appeal to Europeans to become aware of their assets - democracy, prosperity, peace -, assets
Nicolas Gros Verheyde
[Verbatim] A European defense, still nowhere to be found (Defence interviews) November 2, 2023
(B2) Despite growing tensions on the world stage, the war in Ukraine and the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, European defense remains a mirage. The Atlantic Alliance is strengthening. And the Europeans always show up
Olivier Jehin
[In brief] In the absence of a rapid European possibility, Armenia will be armed by France 24th October
(B2) Ground-air defense, radars, enhanced cooperation, training... France promises Armenia all its military support. Support which overcomes the difficulty at European level of triggering significant and rapid aid under the
Nicolas Gros Verheyde
[In brief] During the war in Ukraine, trade with Russia continues 24th October
(B2) Despite the war in Ukraine, imports of certain Russian special metals, such as titanium and aluminum, continue. To the greatest benefit of the oligarchs close to power, denounces a journalistic investigation. The main players in
Nicolas Gros Verheyde
[Analysis] Von der Leyen's media coup in Israel: a real institutional coup? 15th October
(B2) The President of the European Commission committed a major political blunder on Friday (October 13). A diplomatic mistake and an institutional error. But above all a strategic error which could undermine all
Nicolas Gros Verheyde
[Reportage] In Toledo, Ukrainian soldiers in combat training and against IEDs September 3, 2023
(B2 - exclusive) Without fanfare, Spain continues training Ukrainian soldiers. More than 3000 have already been trained. Mainly within its infantry academy in Toledo. Express, practical and intense training to which B2
Nicolas Gros Verheyde
[Analysis] ASAP, ammunition plan. Schizophrenia pushed to its climax 11th June 2023
(B2) The censorship of several major provisions of the European Commission's project aimed at boosting the production of munitions is surprising in more than one way. The proposed act of support for the production of
Olivier Jehin