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Analysis PSDC crisis management 

Germany has offered to order the new rapid reaction capability as early as 2025? True or false

March 23, 202223th May 2022 Nicolas Gros Verheyde Germany, Battlegroup, strategic compass, quick reaction capability

(B2) European art is to paint over an old decision, and above all to highlight

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News Blog National Defense Doctrine 

German involvement in EUTM reviewed. Russians deprived of shopping on the Champs-Élysées if they attack Ukraine

23th December 20215th January 2022 Nicolas Gros Verheyde Germany, Nuclear weapon, EUTM Mali, Nord Stream 2, Russia, sanctions, Tornado

(B2) Hit the Russians in the wallet. Study all the possibilities, particularly European ones, for the replacement of the Tornado carriers of the weapon

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News Blog Mediterranean sea EU-CSDP mission 

Under water and in the air. A German submarine and a French drone in Operation Irini

12th June 202112th June 2021 Nicolas Gros Verheyde Germany, Arms embargo control, Drone Reaper, EUNAVFOR Med Irini, France, Submarine, Maritime surveillance

(B2) A submarine will lend a hand to the European operation to monitor the embargo off the coast of Libya

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In short Exercices  

End of on-call duty in the Battlegroup for the German DSK

March 31, 2021April 26th Nicolas Gros Verheyde Germany, Battlegroup

(B2) The Schnelle Kräfte Division of the German army, a unit made up of German and Dutch soldiers, completed its mission on Wednesday (31.03)

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News Blog EU-CSDP mission maritime piracy 

EUNAVFOR Atalanta. The Bundeswehr reviews its system in the Indian Ocean

March 8, 2021March 10, 2021 Nicolas Gros Verheyde Germany, Djibouti, EUNAVFOR Atalanta, P3 Orion

(B2) It is the end of a commitment which began at the beginning of the European anti-piracy operation, in 2008. The German Navy

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News Blog Mediterranean sea EU-CSDP mission 

The Berlin on its way to reach Irini

March 4, 2021March 5, 2021 Nicolas Gros Verheyde Germany, EUNAVFOR Med Irini

(B2) The support ship Berlin (A1411) will leave its home port, Wilhemshaven this Friday: heading for the central Mediterranean.

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News Blog Civil protection 

Covid-19. Germany deploys medical task force to Portugal

2th February 20213th February 2021 Nicolas Gros Verheyde Germany, Bundeswehr, Covid19 epidemic, field hospital, Portugal, Medical support

(B2) Berlin has decided to respond to the call for help from Lisbon which is facing a surge in the epidemic

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In short EU-CSDP mission Sahel 

New Deputy Commander at EUTM Mali

6th January 20219th January 2021 Nicolas Gros Verheyde Germany, Deputy Head of Mission, EUTM Mali

(B2) German Colonel Eckard Böddeker took over from Spanish Colonel Vicente Infante, as number 2 (deputy commander)

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News Blog Mediterranean sea EU-CSDP mission 

Turco-Germanic mayhem in the eastern Mediterranean. Ankara opposes the control of one of its ships (v4)

November 23, 20204th December 2020 Nicolas Gros Verheyde Germany, boarding, Arms embargo control, EUNAVFOR Med Irini, Turkey

(B2) The boarding of a suspicious Turkish container ship by a German frigate taking part in Operation Irini was cut short on Sunday (22.11) at

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  • [Notebook 31.01.2023] European geopolitics – Defence. Diplomacy. Crises. Powers 31th January 2023 Emmanuelle Stroesser
  • [News] EPP proposals for European defense in 2024 31th January 2023 Aurelie Pugnet
  • [Scoop] The USA admitted to a jump seat at the European Defense Agency. Agreement imminent 30th January 2023 Nicolas Gros Verheyde
  • [News] Sweden and Finland will wait to join NATO. Turkey blocks despite pressure 30th January 2023 Aurelie Pugnet
  • [Note 28.01.2023] Defense industries – Doctrine, budgets, equipment, companies 28th January 2023 Nicolas Gros Verheyde
  • [Project] Beware of points of vulnerability in the European Parliament! (Arnaud Danjean) 27th January 2023 Nicolas Gros Verheyde
  • [Confidential] Towards strong support for West African coastal countries. A new kind of mission 27th January 2023 Nicolas Gros Verheyde
  • [Decryption] ITRE and SEDE triple the EDIRPA budget and open it up to non-member states 26th January 2023 Emmanuelle Stroesser
  • [Notebook 26.01.2023] European geopolitics – Defence. Diplomacy. Crises. Powers (v2) 26th January 2023 Emmanuelle Stroesser
  • [Decryption] The Allies will equip a Ukrainian armored brigade. The Leopard Tank Club gets underway 25th January 2023 Nicolas Gros Verheyde
  • [Curtain up] The future European space security and defense strategy. Each other's expectations 25th January 2023 Aurelie Pugnet
  • [News] EDIRPA. We need to send a strong signal to the industry, says the IMCO committee 25th January 2023 Emmanuelle Stroesser
  • [Notebook 24.01.2023] European geopolitics – Defence. Diplomacy. Crises. Powers 24th January 2023 Emmanuelle Stroesser
  • [Portrait] Boris Pistorius, a hunter of extremes at the head of German Defense 24th January 2023 Aurelie Pugnet
  • [Special Diary] What to remember from the Foreign Affairs Council of January 23, 2023 23th January 2023 Aurelie Pugnet
  • [News] Repression in Iran, Europe banishes the hardliners of the regime. including Revolutionary Guards 23th January 2023 Nicolas Gros Verheyde
  • [Decryption] Morocco no longer escapes the condemnations of the European Parliament 23th January 2023 Emmanuelle Stroesser
  • [Confidential] EUMA Armenia in pole position. Framework decision approved (v3) 23th January 2023 Nicolas Gros Verheyde
  • [News] The Franco-German spirit is not dead. The text of the commented statement (v2) 22th January 2023 Aurelie Pugnet

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